Irish Site Ready for Millions of Leprechaun Watchers
Thanks to Irish website IrelandsEye.com, millions can go Leprechaun spotting on St. Patrick's Day from their couches. IrelandsEye.com has a webcam installed in an Irish field that connects to a robust server in anticipation of a rush of visitors to glimpse the mythical creature.
"Demand last year was so heavy that the original server burnt out just after daybreak in Ireland on St Patrick's Day," John Murphy, editor of IrelandsEye.com, said. "We disappointed lots of people because we were unable to cope with the traffic. Now we are ready for anything."
The Leprechaun Watch has worldwide appeal year round. However, the traffic jumps one hundredfold on March 17. The webcam, connected to the Internet via a cell phone, overlooks a fairy ring in County Tipperary, Ireland. The area is reputed to be a haunt for leprechauns, sheeries, pookas and other Irish fairies. The fairy ring, a pre-historic earthwork circle, is in the Glen of Cloongallon, in the townland of Ballyseanrath, near the town of Thurles. The trees around the perimeter are chestnut, with one magnificent oak tree. Thought to be over 600 years old, the fairy ring has a magical reputation. Saved from the axe in Tudor times by a "skeaghshee" or tree spirit, it now hosts a camera in a cavity in its trunk and a branch supports an antenna! A dolmen, a group of six large standing stones topped by a capstone, commands the middle of the ring.
Mr. Murphy commented, "What better place to see a Leprechaun than in an enchanted glen beside a fairy ring containing sacred stones and a magical tree?"
Webcam: www.irelandseye.com/leprechaun/webcam.htm
Background: www.irelandseye.com/leprechaun/leprechaun.htm
Identifying Irish fairies: www.irelandseye.com/leprechaun/fairies.htm
IrelandsEye.com is a webzine on Irish culture, travel and tradition. Interviewers available for print, radio and television. We have experience in participating in television interviews via webcam. Corresponding time differences: Noon Ireland is 7 A.M. in New York, 11 P.M. in Sydney, and 1 P.M. in Paris.
Source: http://www.designinteract.com/news/12523.html
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