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The Truth About the Leprechaun
Bob Curran

“Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a-hunting,
For fear of little men.”

Every country has its own contingent of ‘little people’ but when it comes to capturing the imagination; the infamous Irish Leprechaun is the undisputed king.

Intrepid folklorist Bob Curran not only explores the legends, but also warns of the realities beyond the myths surrounding this diminutive shoes maker and his cousins in the fairy world.

The Truth About the Leprechaun offers enlightenment on little-known aspects of the wider fairy world, as well as turning the spotlight on the real Leprechaun – elusive, complex and contradictory.