Pack your little black book alongside your passport for a trip to Ireland's world-famous matchmaking festival.

The town of Lisdoonvarna hosts the event, which has been in existence now for over 150 years.

It has grown to become Europe's biggest singles festival and lasts the entire month of September so there's no rush to commit to being a couple straightaway.

As well as the serious task of matchmaking by two resident Cupids, music is also top of the agenda with ceilidhs, traditional Irish bands, country and western and contemporary acts among the line-ups at local pubs, clubs, bars and theatres.

Other entertainment includes horseracing at the nearby fishing village of Doonlin, while things will certainly be hotting up at the International Barbecue Championship.

Lisdoonvarna is a spa town of approximately 800 people located in picturesque County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland.