The Matchmaker

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

Cast

Janeane Garofalo

as Marcy Tizard

David O'Hara

as Sean Kelly

Milo O’Shea

as Dermot O'Brien

Jay O. Sanders

as Senator John McGlory

Rosaleen Linehan

as Millie O'Dowd

Paul Hickey

as Declan Kelly

Maria Doyle Kennedy

as Sarah Kelly

Saffron Burrows

as Moira Kennedy Kelly

Denis Leary

as Nick

Olivia Caffrey

as Annie

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