Willie Daly is a third-generation matchmaker in County Clare who has brought more than 3,000 couples together Thousands have made the pilgrimage to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival over its ...

A trip to Lisdoonvarna should be on everybody’s to-do list. As folk singer Christy Moore so elegantly put it: “Cause Woodstock, Knock nor the Feast of Cana can hold a match to Lisdoonvarna.” ...

The Outing, the world’s only queer matchmaking and arts festival, is set to return for its Valentine’s Weekend 2025 edition.

Frances Barber stars as Maggie and James Fleet as Derek in Road to Lisdoonvarna. Most people who go to the match-making fair in County Clare protest that they're just there for a good time.