cluricaun

The bargain was made; and while the tinker devoured one plateful after another with a ravenous haste that almost discredited his previous restraint, Patsy spun a fanciful tale of having found a cluricaun under a quicken-tree.

Seven Miles to Arden Ruth Sawyer 1925

a cluricaun, and nothing at all, as it suited me, and sometimes I lived in a rath with others, as I have in yours, and other times I went by myself.

Fairies and Folk of Ireland William Henry Frost 1882

The dinner was the best I ever ate, and -- bless ye and the cluricaun! "

Seven Miles to Arden Ruth Sawyer 1925

"I believe you're a cluricaun, come all the way from the bogs of Clare!

Max Katherine Cecil Thurston 1893

If he'd been a fir darrig, that's always playing tricks and making trouble everywhere, why, then, of course -- but he was only a poor cluricaun -- "

Fairies and Folk of Ireland William Henry Frost 1882

"Yes," the King of All Ireland interrupted, "only a poor cluricaun, that does nothing but rob gentlemen's wine cellars and keep himself so drunk that he's of no use when he's wanted for any good.

Fairies and Folk of Ireland William Henry Frost 1882