Show notes
This week Every Rom Com kicks off its travel series with a trip to Ireland in the 2010 romantic comedy “Leap Year” starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. In this episode you’ll learn what the Irish really thought of this movie, find out how many women are proposing marriage, hear Jen and Sophia’s proposal stories, and you’ll get a tour through rom com tropes in a movie that’s loaded with them! Don’t miss the boat/plane/bus/train/Renault 4! Download the episode today!
Matthew Goode on Leap Year:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matthew-goode-slames-leap_n_474734
Irish Media on Leap Year:
https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/leap-year-2020
https://www.dailyedge.ie/leap-year-2-3575786-Sep2017/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/enough-begorrah-1.624066
Leap Year Proposal Tradition:
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/leap-year-2020-irish-tradition-proposal
Women Proposing Marriage:
https://www.brides.com/story/why-women-should-propose
https://www.glamour.com/story/women-proposing-to-men-first
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-dont-women-propose-to-men/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Diarmuid_and_Gr%C3%A1inne
Filming Locations, see also IMDB.com:
https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/leap-year-filming-locations-in-ireland-5-romantic-spots-from-the-hit-movie/
http://atriptoireland.com/2012/02/29/leap-year-where-was-it-filmed/
Some of Sophia’s Picks:
http://www.leprechaunmuseum.ie/
https://birdwatchireland.ie/birds/puffin/

