Munster in 30 Artworks, No 20: Where Does The Law Stand With Leprechauns? 

Michele Horrigan's video installation was inspired by an international fairy-scare sparked by members of her family, and even makes links to the Twilight saga 

A still from Michele Horrigan's video, Where Does the Law Stand With Leprechauns?

Growing up in Askeaton, Co Limerick, the artist Michele Horrigan often heard of the “fairy hoax” inadvertently generated by her aunts when they were children. 

“This is a story that was told at family gatherings, funerals or Granny’s cottage on a Sunday,” she says.