Poll reveals 33% believe in Leprechauns

Up to 33% of Irish people believe Leprechauns exist, according to a poll carried out by Cooley Distillery.

The online survey comes ahead of the second annual National Leprechaun Hunt, in aid of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Dublin, which takes place in Carlingford, Co. Louth on Sunday, March 27.

As many as 55% of those questioned say Leprechauns existed in Ireland in the past, but the current financial crisis and scarcity of gold due to the rising commodity market prices may have forced many leprechauns to emigrate in recent years.