Looking for Love In Modern Ireland | full documentary [2006]

I guess I am somewhat cynical myself. I married young and my ex divorced me 15 years ago after 30 odd years of marriage. I am 65 years old and quite happy to be on my own. I have great friends and a good social life. I have not had a date at all. I have had a few guys ask me, but I am not interested. I am a happy old lady living my life on my terms. Love and romance are fine for some and lead to heartbreak for others. I am just grateful to have gotten away. I wish my ex and his new wife every happiness. I am all about doing what makes me happy. I hope all who wish to find a partner do so and are happy wherever they live.

Smiled all the way through this. I’m a Canadian from Nova Scotia, have gone to the festival 8 times, not to find a husband but to have a great time. And I always have had one! No place as magical and musical as County Clare and the festival! XO

I think I'd marry any of them for their voices alone!

Living out in the beautiful countryside can also be a very lonely place and now with the old pubs closing down all over the place there are fewer and fewer places for the older people/men to meet up, loneliness is one of the hardest pains to suffer from.

My dad came from Ennis in County Clare and hearing their West Coast of Ireland accent I am so reminded of him.

Would love to see the follow up!! 18 yrs on

OMG I just love the accent and the fluency of the language.

Love everything about Ireland nature culture horses food dance 💃🏻 and most of all the accents

When I was a teenager in 1999 me and my buddy hitch hiked to lisdoonvarna and camped in a very mucky field for 3 days in the hopes of meeting a randy mare. We arrived as virgins and left as slightly damper virgins.

A lot of those older men have unrealistic expectations. Tom is particularly deluded. He rejected a perfectly nice woman of around his own age, due to the fact that she wasn't younger, then attempted to chat up younger women, who were so obviously uncomfortable. Men like Tom need to look in the mirror and realise it's not a one-sided issue. The man doesn't just get to have his pick of the crop - those days are long gone - the woman has to be satisfied too. Most women in their twenties or thirties in modern Ireland who are finding it hard to find love, are in that position due to demanding careers - nothing whatsoever to do with their personal attributes or looks - and the last thing they want is some over confident, ageing man, who believes himself to be a far better catch than he is. The other men seem nice enough, but Tom came across as far too forward. Just realised this doc. was made in 2006. If those men thought they had a hard time back then - almost two decades ago - at finding love; with today's culture of social media, instagram influencers and superficiality; they haven't got a hope in hell.

Excellent documentary, edited well, beautiful visuals and fun narration. Matt's dancing was a joy to behold.

Wonderful documentary ❤ Amazing festival

thank for posting this, very interesting.

This town is over!! Massive refugee population placed in there, Ireland is not the same.

I love that this country is holding onto the traditions of its culture. Sometimes others can see the best mate for the long term. In the old old days marriage was an exchange that benefited the family and helped the family to survive. It's only today that we marry for love, friendship and emotional dependence on our mate.

From match making to m€cca in one generation

That’s soo sweet of Willi to help them

My mother who is in her 80s stills remember her grandmother talking about the time back in the day when someone married a Catholic or Protestant. And the family separation it caused.

Sounds like fun ,at the festival! My mother grew up in London, and luved the Irish. . I was born in East Lambeth, and my father was American. I came over on the Queen Elizabeth, and grew up in Cos Cob, CT. Good luck, u wonderful Irish folks

The hyper old fella near the end was almost yanking that lasses arm off😮😂