Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival

The Lisdoonvarna Matching Festival takes place every September in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, just 1 hour 5 minutes from Great National South Court Hotel.

Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival

Matchmaking is an Irish tradition that’s as old as time. It began in Lisdoonvarna when visiting gentry came to ‘take the waters’ at this spa town and looked to match their children with someone suitable from the upper classes. Parents would bring their children together at social gatherings, sporting events and musical evenings and all being well, courtships would blossom. The opening of the West Clare Railway in 1887 meant Lisdoonvarna increased in popularity as a tourist destination and the matchmaking tradition grew. With the harvest safely in and September being the peak holiday month, many bachelor farmers began to flock to Lisdoonvarna for a spa town vacation and in search of a wife.

The matchmaking festival is one of Ireland’s oldest traditions, attracting over 60,000 people from all over the world to be at this event with plenty of music, dancing and fun. Whether you are a man or a woman and looking for love, then travel to Lisdoonvarna, County Clare for this exciting Matchmaking Festival.

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