Leprechaun museum, was I seeing things?

Gerry Asstrix · 03-11-2010 3:05pm #1

I must been living under a rock for the last few years, but walking through town(Dubin) today, was walking down Abbey Street and in shock horror noticed that the old FAS building is now......a 'leprechaun museum'.
Im not easily shocked but it stopped me in my tracks as I seen the sign which which was over the entrance, 'national leprechaun museum' and not even in a cheesey way, it was real fancy and professional looking, even had a little man with stereotypical hat and pipe in gold as a logo.

All I have to say is WTF!!!!!

Is this some serious ploy by the state to have the leprechaun recognised as something real, because being honest Ive never seen one and always thought they were just a story, created to fleece stupid American tourists that visit.

Thats probably what is, we have gotten so broke and desperate we have created a leprechaun museum to shake down yankie visitors

http://www.leprechaunmuseum.ie/

flyton5 · 03-11-2010 3:08pm

Expensive pile of shite....hopefully it'll go tango uniform before too long.

FatherLen · 03-11-2010 3:08pm

i dont think its to promote leprechauns being real but more about the myth of them. but i still think its a f*cking stupid idea.

ToniTuddle · 03-11-2010 3:10pm

Was surprised when I seen it too.

But hey...least the staff are lovely

fontanalis · 03-11-2010 3:13pm

It epends what image they go with, if they go with the cheesey (which irish people sometimes have no problem in playing up to) Darby O'Gill version then they're morons or if they go with the image from folklore and how it ties in with very old mythology then that's not too bad.
Actually it looks to be departing from the recent incaratin which can only be a good thing.

funk-you · 03-11-2010 3:13pm

Yeah, noticed that before and thought it was a bit odd. It's doing no harm and has a couple of people working though so feck it, why not...

-Funk

senordingdong · 03-11-2010 3:13pm

FatherLen wrote: »

i dont think its to promote leprechauns being real but more about the myth of them.

It's not.

It's a couple of rooms filled with over-sized furniture and other such brick a brack.

consultech · 03-11-2010 3:15pm

Baader Meinhoffery to the max here.

I only heard about this this morning, and wondered exactly the same thing; Had I been living under a rock etc etc?

Posy · 03-11-2010 3:15pm

Someone I work with said he went to it. It's not actually even about leprechauns he said, just a 'history of Ireland' type museum. The name is bound to pull in the American tourists!

FreudianSlippers · 03-11-2010 3:16pm

Think it's being turned into a Gym soon, no?

Gerry Asstrix · 03-11-2010 3:17pm

ToniTuddle wrote: »

Was surprised when I seen it too.

But hey...least the staff are lovely

Do they hire leprechauns???..........good to see they equal opportunity employer:D

FatherLen · 03-11-2010 3:17pm

senordingdong wrote: »

It's not.

It's a couple of rooms filled with over-sized furniture and other such brick a brack.

i see. so stupid idea....

consultech · 03-11-2010 3:18pm

OisinT wrote: »

Think it's being turned into a Gym soon, no?

"Pot of Gold's Gym".

Dublin Chick · 03-11-2010 3:21pm

OisinT wrote: »

Think it's being turned into a Gym soon, no?

Eh no the museum is here to stay.

JustAddWater · 03-11-2010 3:23pm

Nah,

New cash for gold shop opening there next week

OisinT wrote: »

Think it's being turned into a Gym soon, no?

gurramok · 03-11-2010 3:50pm

Thats discrimination against tall people!! :mad:

flyaway. · 03-11-2010 4:13pm

I went to it for a laugh. We were told Disney destroyed leprechauns... and saw some very big chairs. That was about it. Oh and at the end we got to exchange our gold coin for a pencil and a pen...