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The Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking festival is relocating to Spain

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

02:35 11 Oct 2021


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Yep, you've read that right.

The famous Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking festival is relocating to Spain for it's upcoming event.

The annual festival in Co Clare was cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.

However, organisers have now taken the event to Alicante. It kicks off on the small coastal town of Cabo Roig next week.

It'll run over eight days and will see things like music sessions and appearances from Irish traditional matchmaker Willie Daly.

The traditional Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna sees tens of thousands of people visit the town in County Clare over six weeks.

One of the organisers, Diarmuid Moore, says there's been a great response to Lisdoonvarna in the sun:

The Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking festival is relocating to Spain

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