Irish matchmaking festival 2012

How to Find True Love at Ireland's Famous Matchmaking Festival

Every September, fifty thousand people from around the globe flock to the worlds largest matchmaking festival held each year in the small Irish village of Lisdoonvarna pop. Two lads f Read all Every September, fifty thousand people from around the globe flock to the worlds largest matchmaking festival held each year in the small Irish village of Lisdoonvarna pop. Two lads from America in search of love travel 8, miles to the festival to hire the worlds most r Two lads from America in search of love travel 8, miles to the festival to hire the worlds most renowned matchmaker and horse whisperer, Willie Daly. This is their story. Menu All.

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Europe's largest matchmaking festival is taking place in the small town of Lisdoonvarna on the west coast of Ireland. It's an annual festival that takes place throughout the month of September. Now in its th year, the festival is drawing crowds from across the world hoping to find love. Matchmaking may be one of Ireland oldest traditions. Lisdoonvarna is a small town on the west coast of Ireland with a population of less than 1, It attracts over 40, single men and women looking for love.

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The third-generation matchmaker said the surge in interest from China, which is mostly from women hoping to marry Irish farmers, has resulted in one of his busiest periods for years. And the veteran Co Clare love doctor said he expected to be even more in demand during the six-week Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival, which kicks off at the end of the month, when at least 40 Chinese people arrive looking for a partner.

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In Pictures: Love is in the air at world's only LGBTQ+ matchmaking festival

Alison Finch meets one of Ireland's last traditional matchmakers as he reigns over the great Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. It's an unlikely venue for international romance, a small town on the edge of a stark, scarred limestone plateau; but Lisdoonvarna in the Republic of Ireland has been a matchmaking centre for hundreds of years. Every September, once their harvests were in, farmers from County Clare and the surrounding counties would flock to the town in search of a companion.

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