Book description
For centuries, Irish matchmakers have performed a vital service,
bringing people together in love and marriage. It is a mysterious art,
and the very best matchmakers have an almost magical quality to them.
Willie Daly, whose father and grandfather were matchmakers before him,
is the most celebrated of them all. Each year his tiny home town of
Lisdoonvarna (population 800) hosts a matchmaking festival that attracts
40,000 visitors from around the world. They all hope to meet Willie,
'the horse whisperer of matchmaking'. With his unique blend of
intuition, quiet wisdom and a small drop of cunning, Willie has brought
together hundreds of couples over the years. In The Last Matchmaker he
recounts some of the best stories along with his own. The path to love
can be heart-warming, hilarious, sometimes hair-raising - and Willie is
the perfect guide. The Last Matchmaker is a fascinating journey into the
world of matchmaking and a timely reminder that the search for love is
the greatest quest of all. And should the reader be looking for love,
Willie has some hard-learned, practical advice to share… Willie Daly
thinks he was born on 1 April 1943, though he can't be sure because the
priest who recorded the date was 'very fond of the drink'. He has lived
in Ballingaddy all of his life, and still lives next door to the
300-year-old cottage where he was born.
