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Want to land more job interviews? Stop letting AI write your résumé.. But she'd always wanted to visit Ireland, and she found herself exhausted by the local dating scene while navigating a career transition.
What happened
"I really listened to that, and I also wanted to be mindful of the fact that I love Ireland. That Tuchel revealed Fulham attacker Josh King is also close to earning his first senior call-up provides further indication the England manager wants to reinvigorate his forward line ahead of the forthcoming Nations League campaign and beyond. Figure caption, "It was very serendipitous" – Mary and Jason on finding love in IrelandBySheila FlynnSenior US ReporterPublished19 September 2026, 00:18 BSTMary Timby was fed up with dating apps when she booked a trip to Ireland on a whim last summer – from the comfort of her Colorado couch.
And then she remembered a few throwaway lines from a comedy series about a matchmaking festival in Ireland. Image source, Mary TimbyImage caption, Timby and Jason Mangan, 38, from County Clare, Ireland, are pursuing a transatlantic romance"It's really about enjoying County Clare, enjoying the festival, and, if you meet someone, you do – and that's what happened with us," says Timby, smiling at her partner, Jason Mangan, sitting beside her. They're speaking from the windswept coastal cottage they rented together for the summer in his native County Clare – about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Lisdoonvarna, the site of their first fortuitous meeting. 'Mary, your video is going viral'From the outset, Timby's inaugural Ireland trip seemed to take on a life of its own.
Image source, Mary TimbyImage caption, Colorado woman Mary Timby, 39, visited Ireland's Aran Islands with her new beauThat's changed since the festival's origins 170 years ago, when bachelor farmers and moneyed visitors would flock to the spa town of Lisdoonvarna to bathe in its mineral-rich waters and socialise.
The wider picture
Timby extended her time in Ireland and documented much of it for her newfound following – but she didn't reveal anything about her new beau. They wanted to save the burgeoning romance for themselves. She flew back to Ireland again, then he made his first trip to America for Thanksgiving 2025. Timby returned to Ireland at Christmas and met his family, and after that, they decided to make her boyfriend's big social media reveal. "We thought, this is something we already know we want to invest in. . . we were ready to share," Timby says.
"Image source, Mary TimbyImage caption, Mangan has made repeated trips to Colorado since their 2025 meeting in IrelandTimby's been inundated with messages from lovelorn followers hoping to replicate her matchmaking success. "I heard from many of my followers. . . groups of people wanting to go to the festival but not having anyone to go with" or "not knowing what to do," Timby says. "I'm so excited to showcase County Clare and all the amazing things that the west coast of Ireland has, but I'm also not a tour operator.
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"You can go on all these apps, swipe left, swipe right, but it's not actually going out and making a connection with someone and experiencing a small little town in Ireland, experiencing the culture," says Mangan. Figure caption, Tuchel recalls Palmer and Alexander-Arnold to England squadBySami MokbelSenior football correspondentPublished18 September 2026England manager Thomas Tuchel left the United States in July pining for greater control. England's third-placed finish in the US was the nation's best performance at the World Cup since 1966.
Or maybe it is just a sign that Tuchel wants his side to become more unpredictable in their search for success. "England host World Cup winners Spain at Wembley on Saturday, 26 September then travel to the Czech Republic (Tuesday, 29 September) and Croatia (Saturday, 3 October) before the Czechs visit on Tuesday, 6 October. Related topicsEngland Men's Football TeamFootball Research shows job seekers could get an edge in this labor market by actually writing their own resumes. The spur-of-the-moment trip was unlike her: Timby, 39, is a self-described "total planner".
What happens next
So she looked it up – and not only was the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival real, it was also taking place during the entire month of September, when she was scheduled to visit. Now, a little more than a year later, Timby is reaping the benefits of that uncharacteristic last-minute decision: She's become a viral star. She's found love with an Irishman she met at a pub called The Matchmaker. And she's even started a new business venture – bringing others to Lisdoonvarna who hope to follow in her footsteps.
She filmed a short video on the plane before her flight took off, telling her approximately 300 TikTok followers that she was heading on an off-the-cuff trip to an Irish matchmaking festival – and didn't "know what's going to happen". Timby then "turned my phone on airplane mode, then spent about eight hours on the flight (and) woke up at Shannon Airport," she says. When she turned on her phone, "it was blowing up".
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