School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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- (continued from previous page)was too quick and he ran away with the purse of gold.
- The Leipreachán is also know by the name of the Luairagán.
Once upon a time a Leipreachán lived under a mushroom in Kildangan. One night there was a man coming home from work. As he was passing the fort, he heard a tapping, like a bird breaking a snail off a stone. He listened. Then he made up his mind to see what it was. He entered the fort, and there he saw a small man about a foot high sitting under a mushroom. The man's name was Pat. Pat stole up to the Leipreachan, and caught him by the neck. Pat asked him for some gold. The Leipreachán(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maisie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Martin Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary