Despite his rather odd dietary habits, the women of Ireland collectively swooned at the sight of him, especially when he was moved to tears while talking about his kids.
All in all, it was a quite successful episode of First Dates, with a number of the couples getting on famously and some of them - including Ciaran and Katie and Eoghan and Karen - taking their relationship beyond their first encounter at the Gibson Hotel.
Coming as it did directly after the Eurovision, it was the perfect thing to cheer TV viewers up following the disappointment of Ireland missing out on a place in this weekend's final.
Here are some of the best tweets from tonight's episode.
https://twitter.com/todayfm/status/730872826710888448
https://twitter.com/EoghanMcDermott/status/730873175194648576
https://twitter.com/TheRealTherese/status/730876817293385731
https://twitter.com/vpn/status/730877254021058560
https://twitter.com/nickyode/status/730878866890366976
https://twitter.com/MarkLennyskillz/status/730878713332633601
https://twitter.com/moonegirl_/status/730879750416302080
https://twitter.com/protectorzz/status/730880410410946560
https://twitter.com/Colmogorman/status/730878217096200192
https://twitter.com/Cunneen92/status/730881528633409537
