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The Last Matchmaker: The heartwarming true story of the man who brought love to Ireland [Hardcover]

Willie Daly
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7 Jan 2010

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...


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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere (7 Jan 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1847443028
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847443021
  • Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 3.2 x 22.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 512,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Book Description

Willie Daly has helped hundreds of couples find love in his long career as 'the horse whisperer of matchmaking'. Now he reveals the secret to finding true love, and shares the story of his life bringing people together in love and marriage.

About the Author

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.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and Fun 15 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
Loved it! Great read you can really get lost in. Very funny and quirky - Willie is a real character. This story will most certainly be made into a movie! Only wish it were a bit longer.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Last Matchmaker 15 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
Nice, gentle sometimes funny tale of Willie Daly. Good for a quick read. A bit like watching The Quiet Man. Would recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A quaint read 29 Mar 2013
By Lu
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I enjoyed The Last Matchmaker greatly. I am from the same area that the book is set and loved reading all the stories. Highly recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet as cherry pie - truly heart-warming 1 July 2011
By N. Fell
Format:Hardcover
What a lovely read!
If you love romance, you'll love the great story of Willie Daly and the matchmakers before him: You feel like you're listening Willie tell you his tales from the barstool next to you in a pub, and as such it's great escapism. No smut, nothing graphic - just good old fashioned romance and all of it real (give or take a bit of blarney!).
This book embraces the simple things in life and has certainly planted in me a desire to visit the West of Ireland: Maybe I'll take my mum too, she could do with a nice irish fella!
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE LAST MATCHMAKER 7 Feb 2010
Format:Hardcover
I purchased this book for my husband who had been listening to a programme on the radio about this author and book and he found it very amusing. As yet he has not finished the book .
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