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School: Dangan (roll number 7352)

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Dangan (King), Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 364

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    Long ago in Ireland the people believed in Leprechauns, fairies, and other evil spirits. Tradition tells us that there was a Leprachaun seen in this vicinity some years ago.
    One night as a man Hanly was returning home from a neighbour's house he was supposed to have captured a Leprachaun. It was a moonlight night and the Leprachaun was sitting under a tree, dressed in a red coat and hat. When the man saw him he rushed at him. He ordered him, to hand him a purse of gold or he would take his life, but the Leprachaun made no reply. Then, said the fairy, "what is that I see over yonder". The man looked in the direction shown him by the fairy, but when he turned, the fairy had vanished and he was never seen again.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dolly Stritch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballagh, Co. Roscommon