Bettie's Books
A Stuga On the Cusp of the Orust Riviera, tucked away next to a hobbit hole in the woods.
The Last Matchmaker: The Heart-Warming True Story of the Man Who Brought Love to Ireland by Willie Daly
bookshelves: autobiography-memoir, fradio, love, nonfiction, published-2010, summer-2014, amusing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pls5b
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.
Abridged by David Jackson Young.
Episode 1: A star added just for the Waterboys theme tune Episode 2: Willie is inducted into the family business by his grandfather. Episode 3: How the cultural and social changes of the 1960s began to impact on life in rural Ireland. Episode 4: Willie's father made his last match a month before he died - finding a wife for his son. Episode 5: A salutary tale warning against messing with the path of true love.
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