Lisdoonvarna

go."Mary booked her flights to Ireland a week before she arrived.

Uh, she posted a video on social media talking about the Lisdoonvarna festival, and by the time she landed, she didn't realize that she was a viral sensation.

So I made a TikTok just saying I'm getting on a flight to go to Ireland for this matchmaking festival.

As I was boarding my flight, I posted it, and then put my phone on airplane mode and had dinner, went to sleep on the plane.

It's a seedy little place, at least that night it was.

But that's kind of what I expected.

Lisdoonvarna is a mad kip.

There was a video going around in 2022 of people just riding on the street.

Now, if you're a fan of vintage machinery, classic vehicles, and a good family day out, there's plenty to look forward to in Lisdoonvarna this Sunday.

Tractor Fest is gonna bring together vintage tractors, classic cars, motorbikes, trucks, and lots more besides.

Uh, we're joined now by the, uh, co-organizer, Graeme Denny.

Um, they won't, won't go hungry, um, or thirsty.

We've got, uh, a number of, uh, you know, food outlets.

And, uh, as I say, you know, the, the market in the hall at The Pavilion in Lisdoonvarna as well, showcasing, uh, what's, just what, what good stuff some of the, uh, local producers here can, uh, can rustle up.

Graeme, what is it about vintage tractors that continues to fascinate people, uh, uh, you know, I, I, including those-

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It's negative pressure.

Um, we talked about the teams earlier, the Havens and the Clantons and the Carberies and the Lisdoonvarna.

They're, they're battling to get to the knockout stages of the semifinals of their, of, of, of the county championship.

That's a positive pressure.

There's music every day from half past twelve until about two in the morning.

The festival here in Listowel, Varna, it's my first time to come here.

It has been going for a long time, hasn't it? It's a matchmaking festival.

You'll love it.

I choose to, uh, sing this song and sing it in my own way." And I think that's important to say.

But if we're looking at songs that he actually wrote, like Lisdoonvarna, it's such a great song.

And, um, he says in it, "If it's music you want, you should go to Clare." Like, great point.

I could go to Clare in the next week now.

I know.

To Lisdoonvarna.

To Lisdoonvarna.

I'll see.

... great, great to talk to you, as always.

We can't entice you down to Lisdoonvarna to, to meet with Willie Daly and all the gang there, no?

No, Fran, but I, I, I hope, w- I s- we'll see how you, the lucky omen, that one of, you're the only man in the county with three parishes out this weekend.

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