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Letter from American Woman to Irish newspaper about Leprechauns

MonicaBing · 2010-08-06 13:52:57

Apologies Mods if this is in the wrong place, but does anyone know of or have a link to a letter from an american woman to an Irish newspaper (think its a regional paper), complaining about her visit to Ireland and the lack of Leprechauns whilst here? The paper actually printed the letter, and im dying to get my hands on a…

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Apologies Mods if this is in the wrong place, but does anyone know of or have a link to a letter from an american woman to an Irish newspaper (think its a regional paper), complaining about her visit to Ireland and the lack of Leprechauns whilst here? The paper actually printed the letter, and im dying to get my hands on a copy of it!!

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It was the Galway Advertiser.

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It was the Galway Advertiser.

You,sir are a legend!;)

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MonicaBing wrote: »

You,sir are a legend!;)

IIRC, she was complaining that we were making slaves of them.

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Yep, ive just found another link on Boards ...fierce funny, have to laugh at innocence of American's really!

Here's another good one for ye..http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0806/1224276300586.html

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