Europe’s biggest singles festival kicks off on 1st September. This is a uniquely Irish festival, which attracts singles from all over the world looking for love and a bit of ‘craic’. Nowhere else in Ireland will you find music & dancing for a whole month, non stop from 11am in the morning to the wee hours of the night. For full details on what’s happening – see schedule.

Singles can meet Ireland’s only traditional matchmaker Willie Daly in his office in the Matchmaker Bar. Touch his ‘lucky book’ with both hands and be married in six months. To find out more about Willie Daly, go to www.williedaly.com or contact him on williedaly@yahoo.ie

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Where music’s played and matches are made

“Love is waiting there for everyone, it’s there just waiting to be found. When it is, it’s a lovely feeling.” Matchmaker, Willie Daly

The streets ring out with music and song, buzzing with dance, the craic and love for life. Bars and pubs headline some of the top names in country music, and from dance floor to cosy table, the little town of Lisdoonvarna in the west of Ireland is full of the promise and passion of ‘meeting your match’. This is the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival – the biggest event of its kind in Europe and part of the rich tradition of rural Ireland. A chance to gather and celebrate life, love, good music and great times! This year, some 40 000 people will once more take their place at the Festival – for six weekends of fun, party, music and romance – make sure YOU are one them…