Ireland abounds with stories and myths surrounding a variety of characters generally called ‘the little people’. Leprechauns are just one variety. So how did they originate? Obviously we don’t really know as these stories have grown up over a very long time. However many theories abound.
The word leprechaun comes from the Irish “leipreachán, lucharachán” which comes from the Middle Irish” luchrapán, lupra(c)cán”, originally from the Old Irish ”lúchorp(án)” meaning small body.
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