Romantic Ireland lives on for one matchmaker

HE IS the last surviving link to a more romantic Ireland that is, if not dead and gone, certainly long on the wane.

But veteran matchmaker Willie Daly is celebrating his most successful year since he first started introducing couples half a century ago.

The third-generation matchmaker and farmer said 237 couples he’s brought together have walked down the aisle in the past 12 months, a record.