Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival 2020
The Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival is an annual month-long event in September that has been running in County Clare for years. The event has grown to attract not only singles , but people from all around the world who are looking for a bit of fun during September. For the first time ever, gays and lesbians will have their own weekend dedicated to matchmaking during the festival.
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The Limerick Leader recently sent reporters Aine Fitzgerald and Anne Sheridan to the world-renowned Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival to find out how the event measured up in the modern era — and who knows what else On checking into my room and throwing my bag on the flowery bedspread, all I wanted to do was get back into my Peugeot, push that gearstick into reverse and head for home.
It was only a simple thing but it had driven me over the edge, already. Just a simple song. We went with an open mind but once I walked through the lobby of the Hydro Hotel and heard that guitar chord, I wanted the wooden floor holding up all the old dears to swallow me up, right there and then. And on it went. After five minutes of debate — I settled on what to wear – a white top, black leggings and the obligatory skyscraper heels.
After a good feed of Irish beef stew in The Royal Spa Hotel we find ourselves perched at the counter of The Roadside Tavern where bacon and cabbage is going for a tenner and a picture of a good-looking lady in a bikini takes pride of place by the window. Sean Griffin from Galway city has the ear cocked beside us. At 40, with a nice head of brown hair, a sensible striped blue shirt and not carrying too much inside it by way of excess luggage, Sean is a long way off the mushy mash and Bovril.
Yet, he finds himself single in Lisdoonvarna? Local lads Tom Dooley and Gerard Woods are over in the corner inside the door, watching the goings-on from what they perceive to be a comfortable distance. Growing a bit cheeky from the home-brewed beer, over I go. We have a few pints.