An American found love at an Irish matchmaking festival - and hopes others do too - BBC News

A American woman, Mary Timby, visited Lisdoonvarna, Ireland, for its matchmaking festival and found love with an Irishman she met at The Matchmaker Bar, turning her experience into a viral success and a new business guiding others to similar matchmaking trips. She partnered with Met Through Friends to organize real-life, in-person meetups for hopeful romantics, with trips already filling well beyond expectations.

An American found love at an Irish matchmaking festival - and hopes others do too - BBC News # I found love at an Irish matchmaking festival - and I want others to do the same ## To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, "It was very serendipitous" - Mary and Jason on finding love in Ireland By Sheila Flynn Senior US Reporter 31 minutes ago Mary Timby was fed up with dating apps when she booked a trip to Ireland on a whim last summer - from the comfort of her Colorado couch. The spur-of-the-moment trip was unlike her: Timby, 39, is a self-described "total planner". But she'd always wanted to visit Ireland, and she found herself exhausted by the local dating scene while navigating a career transition. And then she remembered a few throwaway lines from a comedy series about a matchmaking festival in Ireland. So she looked it up - and not only was the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival real, it was also taking place during the entire month of September, when she was scheduled to visit. Now, a little more than a year later, Timby is reaping the benefits of that uncharacteristic last-minute decision: She's become a viral star. She's found love with an Irishman she met at a pub called The Matchmaker. And she's even started a new business venture - bringing others to Lisdoonvarna who hope to follow in her footsteps. Image source, Mary Timby Image caption, Timby and Jason Mangan, 38, from County Clare, Ireland, are pursuing a transatlantic romance "It's really about enjoying County Clare, enjoying t…

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