School: Kingsland
- Location:
- Kingsland, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 269
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- Story of a Leipreachan
The Leipreachan are not so plentiful as they were. They are usually found making shoes This is an old story I heard about a Leipreachan and a little boy who lived near Frenchpark or somewhere about the wood. Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Pat McGrann. He lived with his mother in a small house at the foot of the hill. Around it was a wooden fence for the chickens. Pat wished to grow up and earn plenty of money so that his mother might live in a fine house and wear rich dresses. Every night Pat's mother used to kneel in front of the fire and blow the sods into a warm glow. Then she put two sacks of straw near the fire. There made two comfortable beds for herself and Pat on which the slept until morning(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Snee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilnamanagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Annie Golden
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kilnamanagh, Co. Roscommon
