Knock marriage service shuts up shop after 51 years

For decades, they came from the highways and byways, seeking love and companionship — many of them bachelor farmers — but Cupid’s arrow has struck for the last time from the shrine at Knock, Co Mayo.

Since 1968, Knock Marriage Introductions has matched almost 1,000 couples, but a combination of online dating services, along with a general decline in marriages, has forced it to close its doors.