Leprechaun Museum

This stop in Dublin was a request from Skye. Who wouldn't want to go to a Leprechaun museum?! Interestingly, the museum isn't so much about leprechauns as it is about Irish folklore and legend. They do talk a bit about the leprechaun and how America stole the idea, repackaged it and sold it back to the Irish in the form of Lucky Charms and little men running around hiding pots of gold. As an interesting note, out guide was a young man in his early 30's about 5 feet tall and had a nice beard - not a red though - he also seemed to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder about being called a leprechaun on more than one occasion. I am getting off topic.
So, you enter the museum through a hallway built to look as if you are walking under the Giants Causeway (you can read about that in a later blog). The hallway leads you into a room with giant furniture that guests are encouraged to climb on. It gives you an idea of the size of a leprechaun. I can't lie, it is always fun taking pictures that make you look smaller then you really are. You exit the giant furniture room through the fireplace and walk into a dark room with a large round table in the middle. It had a map of the island on it. It was very quiet, cool and peaceful in this room . There was a womans voice playing over a sound system telling the mythological history of the island in a soft, lilting brouge. I could have stayed and listened all day. From the map room, you moved through a simulated rain storm to a room with rainbow tassles hanging down (ok - both of those were hokey) to a room with a pot of gold in the center of a circle surronded by a three foot high wall. This was actually kinda cool because the museum guide had everyone sit on the wall while he told a story. After the story, you walk through a dark forest and come to a gathering place by a well. This is where the guide told us a little more about how to protect ourselves from the Fae (because in Ireland, faries weren't sweet little creatures. They were dark and scarey beings that would steal your babies.) It was an interesting 10 minutes. All in all it was a really great museum to visit. I know I haven't gone in to great detail on the stories here and that was pretty much to save time and space on the blog. If you want more details, email me OR better yet, stop in to the Leprachaun Museum in Dublin. It is worth your time!