1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile an Stancaird

School: Baile an Stancaird (roll number 14063)

Location:
Ballynastangford Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás S. Stundún
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 027

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 027

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile an Stancaird
  2. XML Page 027
  3. XML “The Leprechaun or Mermaid”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Leprechaun or Mermaid

    Share Share Post
    The Leipreachan is commonly known as the Loirgín. He usually wears a red trousers red cap and a green coat. He is about two feet in height. His dwelling place is in a hill or fort. The Leipreachan is a busy little fellow. He spends most of his time making shoes. Then he hides and cares gold and treasure entrusted to him.
    I never heard locally of anybody who succeeded in catching a Leipreachan. As a rule a Leipreachan is not loked upon as a friendly being. If interfered with in any way they have revenge by leading people astray at night. To my knowledge the Leipreachan never
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrywadreen, Co. Mayo