A representation of a Clurichaun in T. C. Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland
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The clurichaun (/ˈkluːrɪkɔːn/) or clúrachán (from Irish: clobhair-ceann[1]) is a mischievous fairy in Irish folklore known for his great love of drinking and a tendency to haunt breweries, pubs and wine cellars.[2] He is related to the leprechaun and has sometimes been conflated with him as a shoemaker and a guardian of hidden treasure.[3] This has led some folklorists to suppose that the clurichaun is merely a leprechaun on a drinking spree,[1] while others regard them as regional variations of the same being.[4] Like the leprechaun, the clurichaun is a solitary fairy, encountered alone rather than in groups, as distinct from the trooping fairies.[2]
^ abYeats, W. B. (1888). Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. London: Walter Scott. p. 80.
^ abBriggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon Books. p. 77. ISBN 0394409183.
^Briggs (1976), pp. 264–6.
^Croker, Thomas Crofton (1844, 1825). Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (Vol. 1). Lea and Blanchard. p. 79.
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