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10 of the biggest crimes Leap Year commits against Irish culture

Make it stop.

Dec 31st 2014, 8:42 AM 82,139 Views 10 Comments

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LAST NIGHT, RTÉ decided to insult the entire population by broadcasting the movie, Leap Year.

Twitter was abuzz with dismayed Irish citizens. We still haven’t forgiven Amy Adams.

Incase you haven’t seen it, the movie tells the story of a woman who comes to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend on leap day as it’s ‘Irish tradition’ to accept. Of course, on her journey she meets a handsome rural stranger…

But the plot is only one crime. Here are the rest.

1. Depicting Irish roads like this

Source: MOVIECLIPS/YouTube

2. The awful accents giving us all a bad name

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What's with your mans accent in Leap Year? Had he ever talked to an Irishman before filming this? Crazy nonsense.
— jess spencer (@jessiblah) December 31, 2014

Source: Jessica Spencer/Twitter

3. The shameful smearing of the Claddagh ring

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4. The rage it manifests in every Irish soul

Leap Year is one of those films that just fills me with more rage the more it goes on
— Zoë (@Zoe_likes_pie) December 30, 2014

Source: Zoë/Twitter

5. The vocabulary we don’t use, ever

Words so far in #leapyear, a contemporary Irish film: 'leprechaun', 'begorrah', 'riddle me this' . I'm off to cry into my shillelagh, nite!
— Esther McCarthy (@Esthermccarthy) December 30, 2014

Source: Esther McCarthy/Twitter

6. The frankly unrealistic scenarios

The biggest travesty of #leapyear is the fact there's an outdoor wedding in February. In Ireland. Mind blown.
— 💭 (@_PaulaJane) December 31, 2014

Source: Jane Vaughan/Twitter

7. A Dublin bus stop in Tipperary

According to Leap Year people living in Tipp have to do their weekly shop in Dublin... Whatever happened to Clonmel or Cahir? #stereotypes
— Claire Fox 🦊 (@clairefoxwrites) December 30, 2014

Source: Claire Fox/Twitter

8. They walk from Dingle to Tipperary in an hour but Dublin to Dingle takes 3 days

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9. Amy Adams leaves a pub in Dingle and is instantly on the Aran Islands

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10. This painful abuse of hang sandwich

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10 of the biggest crimes Leap Year commits against Irish culture