The Leprechaun Museum

 

This past weekend I traveled to Dublin, which was a super fun excursion! One of the highlights was visiting The National Leprechaun Museum, which turned out to be a pretty unique experience. We were told a bunch of folklore-inspired stories about the origins of the leprechaun and how they’re often misrepresented. For instance, the guide mentioned how Disney movies, like one with little orange and green leprechauns, are totally off the mark. Unfortunately, our guide didn’t give a clear picture of what a real leprechaun looks like, but it seems they’re more like wrinkled old men?

As always, I remember in class the leprechaun tales we read in my Literary Ireland class. Specifically, The Crock of Gold. I must say I did picture the men to be orange/green...Although I was wrong about that part I was right in my ideas that all leprechauns are mischievous!

Another funny moment of the tour, was our guide constantly making jabs about how broke he is, and how this job does not pay him enough. I guess thats comedy! This tour proved to make a very curious morning, however I would certainly say it was not worth the 20 Euros. Pictured above is me after struggling to sit on the gigantic chair, I guess that stories all got to my head and turned me into a leprechaun!