Matchmaker - Ireland

For those who think this is improbable then you have probably never been at the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. Lisdoonvarna in Co Clare is a "Spa" Town noted for the undrinkable quality of its sulphurous water which tastes like rotten eggs. Traditionally the farming community in the West of Ireland gathered there after the harvest in September and the Matchmaking became a serious matter with the number of acres and store bullocks on the table in the "Match" playing as much a role as the attributes or otherwise of the two parties to the Match.









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http://daithaic.blogspot.com/2008/09/irish-lonely-hearts.html