“It doesn’t in any way indicate a fall-off in the demand for Catholic marriages, but it does indicate a complete sea change with regard to how couples are meeting.”

But numbers of couples getting married are down, says chief matchmaker, Leona Connery.

In 2014, seven of the couples Knock matched this year, will wed, and there may be more.

Since 1968, the agency has resulted in over 900 marriages.