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School: Gráig (2) (roll number 3402)

Location:
Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois
Teacher:
M. Ní Laighean
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 122

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    catch him but when they reached the window he was disappeared.
    On another day the same two boys were in the castle when they saw a grand hurley in the same place as they had seen the leprechaun. They fired stones at the hurley thinking it would fall but it didn't. When they were turning around to get more stones it was drawn in to a hole in the wall. An elder tree has grown since in the wall where they saw the Hurley going in.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kieran Bowe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Michael Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois