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Luxury travel blog » Places » Europe » Ireland » Ireland! You’re hip and cool so don’t reject the leprechauns

Ireland! You’re hip and cool so don’t reject the leprechauns

May 23, 2011 by Carol Perehudoff 3 Comments

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So Ireland doesn’t want to be known for their leprechauns? Not to mentions faeries, elves and other wee magical folk? Why? Because Ireland is hip and cool and wants people to know it. This is a mistake.

Wandering Carol in Ireland at a leprechaun crossing

 

Why? Because we all know Ireland is hip and cool already. At least I have ever since I first wrote about the Samas Spa at the Park Kenmare for enRoute Magazine back in, hm, what was it? 2004? That is one seriously chic spa. And then I mentioned the fab and funky spa at the G Hotel in another enRoute piece piece about art at the spas. (Hey, I didn’t get a byline, but I wrote it, okay?)

And Ireland, you have Bono, for god’s sake. You have nothing more to prove.

Ireland is hip and cool, even the horses

I’m hip

 

Ireland is contempo-chic cool

And while I’ve been touring Ireland, checking out the latest and greatest in all things spa, I’ve found the Emerald Isle to be every bit as cool and contempo-chic as I thought it was.

Deck chairs at Monart Spa in Ireland

 

Leprechauns are hip and cool

Still, you know, there’s nothing wrong with a good leprechaun or two. At breakfast the other day (a full Irish breakfast with sausage, bacon, grilled tomato and mushrooms, plus fruit, porridge and yogurt. So I was peckish, all right?), I was reading an article in an Irish newspaper about how in the past few years the country has turned it’s back on all things ‘twee’ and ‘folksy’, but how, with the economic crises dragging on, if it’s going to bring in the tourists, they should start promoting the little magical peoples again.

Outdoor seaweed bath at the Cliff House Hotel in Ireland

 

Embrace your leprechauns

I say go for it, Ireland. If we here in Canada can exploit our mounties and bears and Niagara Falls, you can just carry on promoting your little leprechauns, complete with rainbows and pots of gold. And while you’re at it, bump up the Druids and Celtic knots and stone circles, too.

Stone circles are always hip

 

Because Ireland, we won’t think less of you … we’ll just spend more money there. And we’ll still think you’re hip and cool.

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About Carol Perehudoff

A former freelance travel columnist for the Toronto Star, Carol has won more than 20 writing and blogging awards and honours. A spa and luxury travel expert, she's written for top travel publications around the globe.

Comments

  1. wanderingcarol says

    June 21, 2011 at 9:03 pm

    Thanks for thinking my leprechaun imitation is hip, Lori.

  2. Lori Henry says

    June 20, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    Oh my, Carol, I can’t get over how hip you look. And that horse! Cutting edge. I haven’t been to Ireland yet, but if they don’t have leprechauns and fairies, I won’t even consider it. So thanks for doing the pre-scouting: now I’ll expect to see sprites dressed in European designs and smoking long cigarettes. (Is that what cool and chic people do?)

  3. Lesley says

    May 26, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    The Dutch have a real affection for “quaint” symbols of the Netherlands–clogs, tulips, windmills–and these symbols are employed everywhere (giant delft teacup to sit in at Schiphol, for instance) to great effect by its tourism entities. Ireland should follow suit with their fairies and magic stones; there are more than a few bucks in the paranormal/new age tourism market!

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