Shane Carroll, Monica Carroll, Ali Carroll and Edwina Doyle attended the Christmas Cracker Pulling Guinness World Record attempt on the Marina. Pic: Jim Campbell

WITH THE Wexford Winterland Festival in full throttle, hundreds of men, women and children made their way to the quayfront recently for a Guinness World Record Attempt with a seasonal twist.

The Guinness Book of Records began in County Wexford, when an MD of the Guinness Brewery attended a party in Castlebridge.

What better way to commemorate this feat at this time of year, then, than by attempting to set a new record for the largest Christmas Cracker Pulling Chain.

Hometown musical favourites Corner Boy had everyone singing and dancing on the evening, despite the cold, while Master of Ceremonies Councillor George Lawlor raised plenty of smiles by reading some cheesy jokes.

There was many a splendid seasonal jumper on show too.

The people of Wexford, numbered in their mid-hundreds, had been some way off surpassing the existing record of over 1,000 linked pullers but still couldn’t be deterred from enjoying the festive fun.

Read more in the Wexford Echo.