Leprechaun

This story was told for the first time by the author to campers attending summer camps during the 1980s in the United States of America. The author as a teacher always enjoyed telling the story to his pupils. The children enjoyed the story so much that he decided to put it into print. It is a magical fairy tale about leprechauns and the origins of the shamrock, pots of gold and silver birch trees. The story has a very important moral associated with it for the readers.

Long, long ago in the magical kingdom of Leprechaunia, the king of the leprechauns is getting old and needs to pass the crown to one of his sons. He loves his two sons equally but doesn’t know how to pick which son will make the best king. What is he to do? How will he chose?

The king sets each son the same challenge and the winner is to be the new king. The challenge demands the princes to bring their father the best gift in the world. How will the two sons fare in the challenge?

Follow the two princes on their adventure to find the greatest gift in the world…

Colin Millar MBE MEd BSc (Hons) PGCE PQH(NI)

Colin Millar was born and lives in Northern Ireland. He has been in education for thirty-two years. During this period he has been a teacher, education authority adviser, vice principal, principal and associate assessor with the Education Inspectorate. He became a widower in 2017 and took early retirement in 2019. He is the father of two sons Conor and Ryan. During the COVID-19 lockdown, he decided to write the leprechaun fairy tale which he told to his pupils.