School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 058
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- A Leipreacan is a small man about a food or six inches high He lives in an old rath on a moor.
He wears a red jacket and he is always seen cobbling and hamering.
Leipreacans are often caught and they would show you where there is a pot of gold.
They are very quiet and you would not be afraid of them.
They would often help poor people by giving them a pot of gold.
- Collector
- John Kirwan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donaghmore, Co. Laois
- Informant
- John Wall
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 65
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Laois
