School: Cluain Féinne (roll number 13710)
- Location:
- Cloonfane, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Conghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 414
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- Leipreachans are not as common nowadays as they were in days gone by. He is known locally as a lutharagan or leipreachan and he is about nine inches in height and his dress is a green jacket, red cap and white feather. Under a mushroom is his usual place for living and his usual occupation is shoe-making.Once upon a time a man caught a lepreachan when he was mowing hay and he put him under his coat and squeezed him tightly. At last he stopped to let the lepreachan speak. I am, he said, of the De Dannean race mixed with the best blood of the kingly Guels. I am of the race of Cormac of Ossian and of mighty Fionn and the man was so pleased(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Phillips
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barroe, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Jack Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barroe, Co. Mayo
