Gen Z Diary: I’d eat up a Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival reality TV show

Give me a video of a group of Americans travelling to Clare in search of romance? I am invested

Sisters Lauren, Bridget and Annalee Heneghan from Richmond, Virginia, USA at the Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna. Picture: Eamon Ward

Every so often, my Instagram Explore page takes me to a weird side of the internet. For a week I’ll be fed a constant stream of videos of dachshunds, or book reviews, or celebrity interviews. 

It’s definitely not a great use of my time, but I enjoy it all the same. As of late, my explore page has consisted of an absurd quantity of videos of people travelling to Lisdoonvarna for the matchmaking festival.