Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival 2013

Lisdoonvarna hosts the world's first LGBT matchmaking festival

The town is famous for its music and festivals. Although the music festival was discontinued in the s, Lisdoonvarna still hosts its annual matchmaking festival each September. The population was at the census. Lisdoonvarna is located in the area of County Clare known as the Burren , on the N67 road between Ballyvaughan and Ennistymon. The Aille River flows through the town, where it is joined by the Gowlaun and Kilmoon streams. The town is in the civil parish of Kilmoon.

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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. The weekend is part of a year old traditional festival, which attracts over 60, people in September. Mr White says attitudes have been slowly changing over the past few years, particularly in rural Ireland.

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One of the world's biggest matchmaking festivals has for the first time in its year history extended an invitation to gay people. Every September, tens of thousands of people looking for love - or just a good night out - descend on the small town of Lisdoonvarna , external in County Clare. The weekend of 31 August to 1 September will see a new twist, with The Outing , external dedicated to gay and lesbian people. The weekend will feature matchmaking events, concerts and more, all hosted by drag queen Panti. Event director Donal Mulligan said the idea had first been mooted in , but the organisers did not think it would have worked at the time.

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

The Outing is raising funds and awareness for the amazing national work of BelongTo , who in are celebrating 10 years of providing support services for LGBT young people in Ireland. Panti and Bunny's Saturday night show at Pantibar, Dublin, is a booze-soaked fusion of lip-sync'd classics, cult movie and TV scenes and guest performances. The Panti Show has become a mainstay of Ireland's celebrated drag-scene and its performers and their guests are among the most talented. Now they're breaking free of the bar and joining in on the fun in Lisdoonvarna for a night the sleepy village won't soon forget! Niamh Kavanagh Niamh Kavanagh has been singing for most of her life, beginning with choirs and small local bands, training her voice, while at the same time indulging her love for music.

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