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Fri 8 Jan 2010 00:30 BBC Radio 4
Book of the Week, The Last Matchmaker Episode 4 of 5
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.
Coming from a line of traditional Irish matchmakers, Willie's father made his last match a month before he died - finding a wife for his son.
Abridged by David Jackson Young.
BBC Radio 4Thu 7 Jan 2010 09:45 BBC Radio 4 FM only
BBC Radio 4Fri 8 Jan 2010 00:30 BBC Radio 4
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