Seamus Fortune who works as a leprechaun part-time is the winner of the Alabama/Mississippi Powerball lottery prize of over $60 million dollars.
Fortune bought the ticket on his way home from a kid’s birthday party where he was performing. He stopped off for a pint at Murphy’s on Main Street Tuscaloosa, Alabama and bought a lottery ticket next door in the Kwik Sale convenience store.
“What a surprise," said the 4-foot-5-inch Irish native of Inch, County Kerry, who moved to Alabama exactly thirty years ago on April 1st.
“I wrote me mother’s date of birth and sure enough it came up, with a name like Fortune sure it was only a matter of time I suppose.”
Seamus says he will use the money for a retired home for leprechauns.
“It was a signal from the Almighty,” he said.
"We had a leprechaun convention two years ago in New Orleans and they came from all over, many are worn out, especially around St. Patrick’s Day. It is very hard being a little green man for the month of March.”
Seamus married Norma Jean Baker, an actress he met on the set of Leprechaun 11 where he was a stand in. They have four kids, including triplets, two of whom will be small while the third will be normal height.
"Tis a great blessing” Fortune told the Tuscaloosa Tribune free sheet.
"We are only starting to celebrate. We’ll be drunk for weeks.”
Fortune works at the Alabama advanced neutron collider lab as a senior researcher in oscillating dynamics when he is not working as a “little person.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.cinnamonscone | Apr 02, 2012, 05:27 PM EDT
@StevenStar....of course I know what it means, that's why I said it. I meant it VERY sincerely....so, Pucker Up,'Mate'
STEVENSTAR | Apr 02, 2012, 02:52 PM EDT
@@@cinnamonscone | Apr 01, 2012, 08:37 PM EDT Oh and StevenStar.....PUG MAHON >>>>>>>>>>>>>> DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS MATE ?GO AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ..
STEVENSTAR | Apr 02, 2012, 02:50 PM EDT
@@cinnamonscone | Apr 01, 2012, 08:37 PM EDT Oh and StevenStar.....PUG MAHON.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WHAT A TWAT !!!
howareya | Apr 02, 2012, 12:55 PM EDT
Oh..comeon STEVENSTAR...can't you tell this was an April Fools joke! And cinnamonscone...be nice.
IrelandNorth | Apr 02, 2012, 05:38 AM EDT
What a hunkie guy. Can't resist wanting to twist his cute little Dr. Spock/Leonard Nimoy Vulcan ears. Actually, looks a bit like Irish actor Brendan Gleeson having a mythological relapse. Never knew there was a profession of lepreachaun. Gee! What a frickin' career choice. An' c'mon guys, Darby (sic) O'Brien. Is he nything to the downtown O'Gill's?
cinnamonscone | Apr 01, 2012, 08:37 PM EDT
Oh and StevenStar.....PUG MAHON.
cinnamonscone | Apr 01, 2012, 08:34 PM EDT
StevenStar...............shut your potato eating pie hole! No one cares what you think.
STEVENSTAR | Apr 01, 2012, 07:18 PM EDT
IM IRISH BORN AND BRED AND LIVE IN IRELAND AND YOU AMERICANS WONDER WHY WE ARE EMBARRASSED AND ANTI AMERICANS TRYING TO BE IRISH ... GOING AROUND DRESSED AS LEPRACHAUNS AND POTS OF GOLD AT END OF RAINBOWS .. AND YOU WONDER WHY WE LAUGH AT YOU .... YOU NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF TO IRELAND IN THE YEAR 2012 AND STOP TRYING TO MAKE IDIOTS OUT OF US .. CHEERS ..
Curitiba | Apr 01, 2012, 05:18 PM EDT
Sorry Murph, I meant Baggie68
Curitiba | Apr 01, 2012, 05:15 PM EDT
Beat me to it, Murph! I'm going to email mine so it gets there before yours!
shamrockgirl321 | Apr 01, 2012, 02:33 PM EDT
I have pictures of this guy from Wildwoods' Irish Weekend, didn't know he lived so far away. He really did have the luck of the Irish on his side!
pdm1114 | Apr 01, 2012, 02:13 PM EDT
Must be an April Fools joke, Alabama has no lottery. Don't know about Mississippi though.
like2tweet | Apr 01, 2012, 01:21 PM EDT
lucky o'guy
larrydalamb | Apr 01, 2012, 12:26 PM EDT
That's a picture of Bill Hare from Philadelphia. April Fools!
Murph46 | Apr 01, 2012, 11:42 AM EDT
It turns out they do have pots of gold!
Baggie68 | Apr 01, 2012, 11:28 AM EDT
I've already written him a begging letter!
1866Umidget | Apr 01, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT
now here's a dwarf talent that tells it like it is, taking their "disadvantage" and using it to their advantage. they've taken their "lemons" and made lemonade, rather than some "little people" who take their "sour grapes" and make a cheap bordeaux to end up with a "whine" & cheese party!
DarinaCoffey | Apr 01, 2012, 09:18 AM EDT
April Fool's Day story!!!!!!!
DrTrelawney | Apr 01, 2012, 07:58 AM EDT
Yes. Very amusing. Surely nobody will fall for this.