School: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Mac a' Bhuidhe Úna Ní Laighidh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0114
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- (continued from previous page)rest he forgot about the warning he had got about not speaking, and said - "the calf is the best of them all". Immediately the calf disappeared, and he was left alone in the field. All traces of the hunt was gone, so he proceeded on his homeward journey, and surprised his family by relating this story.2. Pat Kelly (same man as in last story) saw a leipreacón one morning at 7.30, when passing thro' same field, on his way to his work in Clonfert. He beheld this leipreacón at a (style) stile, as he was about to cross it. He was only about a foot in height, and had a long beard. He took his eyes off him for a second, where he slipped in getting over the stile, and immediately he had vanished. He searched around for him(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Pat Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynakill, Co. Galway
