National Leprechaun Museum

I loved this little museum! There were 2 of us (both adults, no children) and we had a blast. They take you through a few rooms and tell stories and history of Irish folklore and I found it really interesting. Our tour guide was great and even though we booked the wrong time (we didn’t roll out of bed until far later than expected thanks to the jetlag), they let us squeeze into the later slot.
Perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon.

If you have kids, I would recommend taking them here. Unfortunately, my family and I didn’t realize that this place was more tailored towards children when we went which is the only reason i gave it 3 stars. I can see how it would be fun for a 5 year old but for me it was just alright. Parts of it were fun, but the best part was the giant furniture that made us look like leprechauns! Another thing that made it enjoyable was our tour guide, Alice. She was very charismatic!

A great look into the folk stories of Ireland. A must if to have kids 6 and up.
Not what I was expecting (as an adult)…I was pleasantly surprised!

If I told you that I make love like a rainbow, would you be my leprechaun???
Seriously the worst «museum» ever… Do not waste your time or money. I’m pretty sure having a empty box of Lucky Charms, a copy of Darby O’Gill & the little people, some size 4 kids clothes and a few old Happy Meal toys don’t mean you have a museum or proves the existence of leprechauns… If that’s the case I can charge you all admission to my house and my 6 year old could regale you with better tales than those told to us on the tour… In fact our“guide” never actually told a complete tail, he just trailed off somewhere in the middle. Now I realize I’m writing about a leprechaun «museum» and that I indeed paid to go on the «dark tour». I expected cheesy, something fun to fill an hour… but for € 30…One would expect a little creativity in presentation and story telling. The guy that runs the UFO museum out of his moms basement in Portland at least has production value and coherent tales to tell (although he does wear a tin foil hat).

It sounded cheesy when recommend to me and my mom, but we’re glad we went! It’s nothing like how it sounds. The museum is set up to get you into the perspective of a leprechaun and a story teller guides you through each exhibit telling you stories of the fae and the importance of these myths in Irish history. Our guide was absolutely hilarious and if I had the time I would have done the dark tour as well, but next time!

There is an art to Irish storytelling and our tour guide at the National Leprechaun Museum nailed it. Not so much of a museum per say, but it is a really fun way to spend 45 minutes and learn some tales. We loved every minute that Seamus spoke about fairies, Finn McCool and curses that turned children into swans. Even stopped to make a wish in the wishing well.
Running thru the rainbow was smart fun.
Couple fun photo opps at the end.

My least favorite experience of my whole trip. What a rip off. Basically walk u around a building an tell a short fairy tell

This is a fun way to pass an hour when you have had enough time in bars, probably loads more fun if you actually have small children with you, it’s basically a small tour through a few rooms with some good Irish folklore, so if you love listening to stories the Irish certainly have a knack of telling a good story.
A few people say it’s over priced but to be honest € 12 is not going to buy you very much anywhere else in Dublin, if your happy to spend that on a couple of drinks it puts it into perspective.
All in all a silly hour of fun story’s that is aimed at tourists, it’s worth the entrance fee just for being able to say that you actually have visited a leprechaun museum!

Visite uniquement en anglais, il faut donc un bon niveau pour comprendre l’humour irlandais. Quelques salle où le guide nous compte la legende du leprechaun. Peu interractif, il s’agit principalement d ecouter l histoire à travers différents décors.

I expected this to be a cheesy experience like the Currywurst museum in Berlin. Instead, it’s a self-​aware, fun tour given by knowledgeable and friendly staff.
I’d been having kind of a bad day while in town alone on business, but decided to try out the Leprechaun Museum, because it seemed like it might bring a smile to my face. It was perfect! Just enough history and story-​telling on the guided tour, and Aoife (I may have spelled her name incorrectly) was super-​friendly and really put me at ease, chatting while I bought my ticket.
The exhibits are fun, even for a singleton, and the museum takes itself just seriously enough — it’s more of a walk-​through set for stories, but nicely kept up and a pretty pleasant way to spend an hour. There’s plenty of silly photo ops, as well.
Afterward our guide even recommended a truly great place to eat (Brother Hubbard, around the corner).
I’d totally suggest it as great stop for school-​aged children or adults with an appreciation for the more fanciful side of life.

I would love to go back to this place!
It was such a fun museum. Sure, I couldn’t tell you a single thing I learned while I was there, but I was able to take so many great pictures. I went with a friend near closing time and we were pretty much the only people there at the time. We had a ton of fun, and the staff was SO nice. Loved it!

I was really expecting this to be a super cheesy, hilariously bad museum, so obviously, I HAD to go. It was not.
The gist of the «tour» is that you walk around and hear about 4 – 5 Irish stories. For me, some of the stories went a bit long and I would have liked more things to look at, maybe after the story telling portion, where I could go at my own pace, or spend more time in the Giant’s room. There were two girls who sat in the two giant chairs the whole time we were scheduled to be there. Super annoying.
Overall, I enjoyed it. As for something I’d recommend… sure. Stay dry for 45 minutes and hear some good stories. Just don’t expect it to be a museum.
Walking through the Giant’s causeway was very cool!

DISCLOSURE: My wife and I are complete dorks and this looked to be an extremely dorky thing to do. And yes, there is probably something mentally wrong with a voluntarily childless married couple in their 30s wanting to do something like this.
DISCLOSURE 2: While I personally do not do drugs, except alcohol, I would imagine this be would so much more awesome if one got high on marijuana first.
Its not really a «museum», but more of a 45min story telling experience of Irish folklore involving Leprechans and Fairies. The storyteller walks you through different themed rooms. Particularly awesome was the room with the giant sized furniture to make you feel the size of a leprechaun. We both just had some Guinness pints and thought the whole thing was pretty groovy.
If you have ill-​behaved children (don’t deny it), they’ll get restless, whine, cry, and ruin the story telling for everyone else in the group. Mid way through the tour, one bratty 4−5yo girl ruined the experience the entire group; she would not sit and shut up. So if you have bad kids, the ones that make lots of noise during movies/​shows/​weddings/​funerals/​etc., don’t take them here.
At 12 euro Adults, 8 euro Kids, it seems a wee bit pricey, but it is a weird, nerdy, dorky, and entertaining experience.

A 30 – 45 minute guided tour through the fairy tales of leprechauns. A cool touch to our Ireland vacay!

Wasn’t sure who this museum was aimed at. We had small children with us & the guide kept ‘shooshing’ them. So it wasn’t aimed at kids.
But then again, the guide was so bland, the ‘story-​telling’ didn’t keep the adults interested… so it wasn’t aimed at adults either.
Maybe the guide was sick, or hungover, but it was a complete waste of time and money.

Off the beaten path in terms of the major attractions but it’s definitely worth a visit (especially with kids). It’s not a traditional museum in the sense that you wander from exhibit to exhibit reading instead you have a guide leading you through rooms telling you stories about Ireland and leprechauns.
The museum itself won’t take long but if you’re looking for something to do I recommend it!

I really didn’t know what to expect when I turned up here with my beau for the Dark Land (Scary Nights at the National Leprechaun Museum) — I could’ve read reviews but I didn’t want to know — I wanted to be surprised or disappointed, either way I was excited that it was ‘Adults Only’ — and not that type of excited, I wasn’t expecting a leprechaun flasher in or anything like that — I was expecting a good ol’ fright.
First we were invited into the little lobby area to look at leprechaun figurines, paintings, poems and ‘real’ artifacts. Next we were all given names and an item of ‘dress up’ to distinguish us … then it was into to the candle lit tunnel. The rest … you will have to visit to find out yourself. The whole experience is an interactive play. There was a lot of humour, laughter, cursing (adult only remember) and screeching (that was mainly from me so don’t be disappointed if there is no screeching when you visit). There was a story told and we were all part of it. The acting was energetic. The props were brilliant. Was I glad I experienced it. Yes. Would I recommend it. Sure to be sure to be sure. The only disappointment I experienced is that I didn’t find the crock of gold!

You need to go into the National Leprechaun Museum with a sense of humor: if you don’t, you are just going to be miserable. I know this would be an – ah – experience in the first twenty seconds of the tour, when our guide pointed to a display case and reverently explained that this was the most important thing in the entire museum: a facsimile of the first story about leprechauns.
You got that right. It’s a photocopy of an old book. And that’s the MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE MUSEUM.
A tour guide leads you around the museum, and ours was pretty friendly and warm. (He was the best part of our visit.) The most exciting room is one with two oversized chairs, an oversized coffee table and lamp, and an oversized cabinet. You’re encouraged to climb around on the furniture and pretend that you’re a leprechaun. Then there’s a «rain room», which is an empty room where your guide flips a switch and you hear rain noises. That one’s pretty special. And then the Pot of Gold room, which is another empty room with a pot of fake gold in the center, where you stand as your guide tells you a story about leprechauns.
The National Leprechaun Museum might be okay, I suppose, if you’re under ten years old, but other than that, I wouldn’t recommend this place. 10 euros a ticket, an hour of your life… There’s just so much to do in Dublin. Don’t choose this.

You have to go in with a fun spirited attitude, otherwise, you’ll think this place is ridiculous. Our tour guide was hilarious, I appreciated the way he stayed in character with his enthusiastic and whimsical story telling.
One of the funniest sections was the room with the gigantic furniture (we were transported to the land of the giants, I believe). It was surprisingly VERY difficult to get on the chairs and tables… but then again, I’m super short.
Play along and you’ll have a great time!

It’s always when someone comes to visit that you end up seeing more stuff in Dublin. It’s a fact of life ain’t it? Here is such a place. I would never have even bothered visiting it had some friends from England, hungry for stereotypes, not come to visit.
I arrived 20 minutes late due to an errant bus but the manager was kind enough to bring me round the back and plonk me into the next room on the tour so I could catch up with my friends. What struck me as interesting was the fact that the tour took the form of a series of one-​man (or woman) performances. In each room an actor did a monologue which gave you a little more of the overarching story.
I found myself quite engaged and I was sucked into the story. I enjoyed it so much I made a mental note to go to the theatre more often!
Despite the talent of the actors and the effort that went into the story I have to say the managers helpfulness is what earns this place an extra star. I couldn’t help feeling there was something missing from the whole experience.

LITTLE TO BE SAID OF THIS PLACE
I went to this museum for a laugh because my girlfriend got some cheap tickets. Its normally 10 euro per person. We paid 6 euro so we werent left short of cash.
I’ve given it 2 stars which might be a little low because there are so many better things to do in Dublin you dont have to search high and low to find somewhere better, but I dont have kids so this is really a review for adults going on there own for a laugh. I guess if there were kids involved it might have been 3 stars.
Basically this is a tongue in cheek look at the history of leprechaun’s in Ireland. The place isnt really that big and the list of things inside it is a bit short to be honest. Although the oversized room is quite amusing and gets you some good pictures. Remember to use a short shutter speed as its quite dark.
The guide we had was actually very good, although a little tall for the job I thought. He controlled the crowd who kept taking the Michael and cutting him short.
The guide also sold stuff in the gift shop afterwards but was very fair and didnt try to short change any of us.
There is actually a Pot of Gold in the building which is meant to be magic, the guide bigged it up all way round. But at the end of the day it was left short.
Overall great staff, whats there is ok but if you are looking for a golden opportunity for fun you might be better looking at the end of a rainbow.
Is this review to short I wonder? Also lets hope the evil leprechauns dont find my address and steal all my gold. Ah I dont have any so I should be safe.