The World’s Only Lonely Hearts LGBT Festival

Rachel Lavin | Magazine Editor Lisdoonvarna is a small village situated in north county Clare, and has the kind of quintessentially traditional Irish look that has American tourists coming in their droves to take postcard-perfect photos of the pub filled streets, wooden-frame fronted shops, and quaint hotels that were built in the 50’s, and have names like ‘The Ritz’. The town, of course, is famous for its matchmaking festival, which serves as a sort of a mecca for lonely rural bachelors and single women teetering on the edge of their prime. Every year, for the month of September, these lonely hearts descend on the small town to … Continue reading The World’s Only Lonely Hearts LGBT Festival