Irish Love slot: Kiss the Blarney Stone for luck and try it for a few spins!

Singing cockles and muscles alive, alive-oh! I guarantee that by the end of a session of spins on the Irish Love slot from 1x2 Gaming, part of a number of companies that are all in the Microgaming Content Aggregator partner network, you will be singing this well-known Irish-themed folk song.

The lyrics are from the famous Irish folk song Molly Malone, of whom you can find a statue on the streets of Temple Bar in Dublin. Irish singers from The Dubliners, to Johnny Logan and Sinead O'Connor have all recorded versions of the song and an instrumental version of it plays in this exciting new slot.

It is one thing to have a catchy ditty playing in the background, but how does the actual game of the Irish Love slot pan out? Can the two Emerald Isle-based, star-crossed love birds be a perfect match on the reels? We decided to order a pint of Guinness, and check whether there is a pot of gold at the end of this Irish-themed slot rainbow. Here's what we found out.

Overview

• Game: Irish Love
• Developer: 1x2 Gaming (Microgaming Content Aggregator Partner)
• Reels: 5x3
• Pay Lines: 10 ()
• Minimum Bet: 0.10
• Maximum Bet: 50.00
• Jackpot: 1,500x
• Free Spins Bonus: Yes
• Other Bonuses: No
• Progressive: No
• Volatility: Medium

Presentation

The presentation of the Irish Love slot is predictably what most slot games tend to choose when they do a slot with Ireland, which tends to be rich green fields beneath a cloudy blue sky. Having been to Ireland, while I can confirm it is indeed a green and pleasant land, I would contend that grey, misty and rainy skies may be more appropriate!

Anyway, overlaid across the sunny backdrop are the five semi-transparent reels. The controls of the slot are located at the side and bottom right of the reels, with the large Spin button easy to locate. Autoplay is available and of course, the dulcet tones of Molly Malone plays incessantly as you spin the reels. It is all rather twee, but you can't help enjoy the atmosphere of the slot, with birds gently chirruping in the distance.

What is on the reels?

As you probably expect, there are a number of Irish themed symbols on the reels and once again, Leprechauns are a key part of the theme. Why slots players are so preoccupied with Leprechauns is beyond me, they appear more in Irish slots than anything else. Lower value symbols start with the fiddle, the pipe, the shoe, the four leafed clover and the horse shoe. Wins on these range from just a couple of coins up to 50 coins for five horseshoe symbols.

Alongside these symbols are four higher value symbols, two of these are two beautiful ladies, one with red flaxen hair, the other blonde and it seems they have fallen in love with two rather cheeky leprechauns, one looking clearly the worse for wear after a beer, the other playing a musical instrument. Wins on these symbols range from 10 coins up to 500 coins.

There are two other symbols on the reels in the base game, the Wild and the Scatter, which are the triggers to the main bonus features in the game.

Wild features

The Rainbow symbol is the Wild symbol and you can land this anywhere across the middle three reels. The Wild only acts as a substitute in the base game and can help you land some great value wins when used with the higher symbols in particular. You cannot use the Wild symbol as a replacement for the Scatter however.

Free Spins features

There are two Scatter symbols in this game. The toadstool symbol is the base game Scatter symbol and it appears on the first, third and fifth reels only, the Pot of Gold Coins is the Bonus Scatter and this appears on the middle three reels. You need to land one each of the Scatters or one each of the Bonus symbols on those three reels on a standard spin in order to trigger one of the two Free Spins bonus games available. Which game you trigger is dependent on whether you landed the Scatter or Bonus symbol to trigger it.

For the Toadstool Scatter Bonus you receive 5 Free Spins with Sticky Wilds on the reels. When you land a Sticky Wild, it will remain on the reels for all your remaining bonus spins and also add one to the total of Free Spins you have remaining, land more Sticky Wilds and you will add them to the reels, as well as adding further Free Spins to your total.

In the Pot of Gold Bonus Scatter round, you only have the High Value symbols on the reels, as all the lower paying symbols are removed. You also have Wilds appear on the reels and symbols can be stacked on the reels for your five initial bonus spins. If you land three Wilds on a single reel, you will receive an additional Free Spin regardless of whether your spin is a winner or not.

Best feature of the Irish Love slot

There is a lot to like about the Irish Love slot, the game design is pleasant enough but is perhaps not the most original, which is being somewhat kind. However, if the look of the slot isn't the most original, the two bonus features most certainly are and you can win some sizeable prizes in this game. As a medium variance slot, wins come along relatively frequently in the base game but it is the two big bonus features of the slot which make it so enjoyable to play and which offer the player a better chance of a bigger value win.

Conclusion

I have to admit that after being initially underwhelmed by the fact the slot had used the same Irish stereotypes as many other games, the Irish Love slot grew on me a great deal. The bonus features are what makes the game so enjoyable to play and it is these that will keep players coming back to enjoy a few spins now and then. This is a nicely designed and put together slot, I just wish they could come up with a few more Irish symbols to use for what is a fabulous country and a lot more than just Leprechauns and Fiddles.

Where can I play the Irish Love slot?

You can play the Irish Love slot at any of the Mega Moolah casinos on the Where to Play page, Bonus page, Rewards page or Country page.