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School: Cluainteach (roll number 10298)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Buadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 219

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  1. Stories of the Leipreachán

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    Once upon a time there lived a man named Michael McKenna in the townland of Bawn.
    He was on his way one day to the bog and as he was passing by a fort his attention was drawn to a tiny dwarf not eighteen inches high seated beneath a bush. He wore a tiny red cap, and also a red coat and a long whisker and he was busily employed repairing a pair of shoes. The man drew near him and grasped him by the shoulder. Then he asked him for the pot of gold. The
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Mac Oscair
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynacrit, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Frank Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynacrit, Co. Longford