geancanach

Updated: May 12, 2025

To meet him meant bad luck, and whoever was ruined by ill-judged love was said to have been with the Geancanach. Another evil sprite was the Clobher-ceann, "a jolly, red-faced, drunken little fellow," always "found astride of a wine-butt" singing and drinking from a full tankard in a hard drinker's cellar, and bound by his appearance to bring its owner to speedy ruin.

- The Glories of Ireland