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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2009
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Podcast episode
Description
The iconic Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival runs each September in Clare, but this only began in 1978. For centuries before that, Irish people have gone into arranged marraiges or being partnered off by a matchmaker. A tale of Irish love (Broadcast 1973)
Released:
Sep 20, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
DocArchive(1974): Leave Your Hat At The Sound: Achill - the largest island in Ireland, an inspiration to writers and artists for its wild Atlantic shorelines and its wide open spaces - and a place where men once raced up mountains to win a wife. (first broadcast 1974) by Documentary on One Podcast