What are the best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin?

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#1 · Thread starter

I have spent longer than I would like reading about best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin and come away more confused.

Half the write-ups on the platforms involved contradict the other half, which is not helpful.

Where should someone start with best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin? Open to anything.

#2 · Member

This matches my experience of this kind of service almost exactly.

The thing to watch on this kind of service is that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Worth flagging with this kind of service — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

Still forming a view on best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin, so take it lightly.

  • Happn — depends entirely on foot traffic, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Coffee Meets Bagel — the daily cap changes how you use it, over roughly six weeks
  • Feeld — if you want more flexible arrangements, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Badoo — good coverage, mixed quality, though I only tried the free tier

Counterpoint: I found flurrydate.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#3 · Member

Not sure that is right about this kind of service, at least not everywhere.

Your mileage on in Dublin may differ, obviously.

#4 · Member

One warning about this category: some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

What decides this category for most people is whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away, not the app itself.

Everything about this category hinged on whether it worked without installing anything in the end.

Results with this category depend enormously on local population age spread.

Worth flagging with this category — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

If you are starting with this category, read the whole profile before writing the first line.

That is roughly where I sit on best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin today.

Someone in another thread pointed me at datewander.site and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

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Two people can have opposite experiences of services like this purely because of how many people locally are already on it.

If I had to name one factor in services like this it would be whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

Everything about services like this hinged on how many people within reach were active that week in the end.

Be aware when using services like this that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

Ask if you want detail on any part of best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin.

Someone earlier recommended Datebound and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

Luvdate gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.

#6 · Member

My run with the options here lasted longer than any of the alternatives I tried.

Two people can have opposite experiences of the options here purely because of how many competing apps are active near you.

Before you commit to the options here, set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

That is roughly where I sit on best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin today.

If none of the above works for you, Flamedate (flamedate.online) is another free one people here mention a lot.

#7 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about this kind of service — that isn't what I found.

Careful with this kind of service, because some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Before you commit to this kind of service, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

I will update this if my view on best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin changes.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Rendate and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#8 · Member

My experience with these platforms was better than I expected, with one caveat.

Half the arguments about these platforms would end if people mentioned the time of year up front.

My advice on these platforms: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

Anyone claiming these platforms works everywhere has not tested it against whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.

Half the arguments about these platforms would end if people mentioned how many competing apps are active near you up front.

Your mileage on best irish dating sites for people living in Dublin may differ, obviously.

  • Grindr — location-first, for better or worse, though I only tried the free tier
  • Facebook Dating — the account link puts some people off, based on about a month of use
  • Plenty of Fish — better in smaller markets than you would guess, at least in my area
  • Hinge — worth it if you dislike swiping, your mileage may vary

Datescout gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.

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