Ireland matchmaking festival 2014

This Town in Ireland Has a Month-long Matchmaking Festival Every Year

I recommend Lisdoonvarna as one of the most famous matchmaking festivals in Ireland in my book — as one means to meet an eligible farmer! Despite the popularity of online dating sites, the popularity of the matchmaker still holds strong and of course, the fact that Lisdoonvarna is a world famous festival adds to the fun too. Is it really that successful as a matchmaking festival though? You bet it is. Couples that met at Lisdoonvarna ten, twenty, thirty and forty years ago still return to the festival to meet up with old friends, relive those bygone days and just to enjoy the craic and the dancing. Coincidentally, when telling a man about my book last summer, he told me that he had met his girlfriend there the previous year. He had planned to go down for the craic with two friends. The two of them changed their minds, claiming that farm jobs had become important. Nerves was probably the reason.

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Clare, Ireland. Not-For-Profit Festival with Pride at its heart.

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What It’s Like to Go to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival in Ireland

The small village of Lisdoonvarna on the west coast of Ireland is poised to become the gay wedding capital of Ireland, organisers of the famous matchmaking festival have claimed. The village has attracedt LGBT tourists, offering the unique package of matchmaking, weddings and honeymoons. We have a traditional matchmaker who will help you find love, now we are planning to offer gay weddings and honeymoons.

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