School: Clews' Memorial (roll number 15465)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Néill
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The Leipreacan is known by no other name but Leipreacan in this part of the country. He generally is seen under a mushroom or small tree One morning when my grandfather, John Walsh (deceased), was coming home from a dance, he saw what he thought was a Leipreacan in the land of Mrs. Walsh, Deerpark, Boyle. He was sitting under a tree making a pair of boots. He wore a small tight fitting coat, a very tight-fitting trousers, and a very long-shanked pair of shoes. Something tempted my grandfather to look round, and when he turned again the Leipreacan was gone.
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Garry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sheegorey, Co. Roscommon
