Willie Daly - The Last Matchmaker

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012010010420100105 (R4)Tall tales of true love from modern rural Ireland and its recent past.
022010010520100106 (R4)Willie is inducted into the family business by his grandfather.
032010010620100107 (R4)Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love, this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland and its recent past.

How the cultural and social changes of the 1960s began to impact on life in rural Ireland.

Abridged by David Jackson Young.

042010010720100108 (R4)Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love, this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland and its recent past.

Coming from a line of traditional Irish matchmakers, Willie's father made his last match a month before he died - finding a wife for his son.

Abridged by David Jackson Young.

05 LAST2010010820100109 (R4)A salutary tale warning against messing with the path of true love.