The Carlingford Leprechaun: A Father Declan O'Shea Supernatural Mystery

By Patrick Dorn

A Leprechaun's Afoot!

 

Moments before families and tourists in the attractive medieval seaside village of Carlingford Town head to the hills for the famous and fanciful National Leprechaun Hunt, an actual leprechaun asks Franciscan Father Declan O'Shea for help locating a missing kinsman…and there's more than just a pot of gold at stake.

 

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland. Approximately 7,700 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patrick Dorn
• Release date: Mar 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386387510

Patrick Dorn

Patrick Dorn used to write weird westerns set in Old California, New Mexico, and Colorado, but then he visited Ireland. Now his supernatural fiction alternates between The West and The Emerald Isle, but is always, always weird. He's also an Anglican priest and a full-time chaplain. Check out Patrick's blog, stories, plays, musicals, children's books, and more at www.PatrickDorn.com. You can reach him at [e-mail]

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The Carlingford Leprechaun

THE CARLINGFORD LEPRECHAUN

A Father Declan Supernatural Mystery

PATRICK DORN

Copyright © 2019 by Patrick Dorn

All rights reserved.

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Contents

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A Leprechaun’s Afoot!

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Afterword

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About the Author

Also by Patrick Dorn

THE FATHER DECLAN

SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES

The Banshee of Duckett’s Grove

The Black Hag of Shanagolden

The Carlingford Leprechaun

Invasion of the Ballybogs

The Kylemore Abbey Ghost Whistler

Last Call at Temple Bar

The Offaly Werewolves

The Pied Piper of Leixlip

The Portumna Bridge Troll

The Skibbereen Famine Man

The Viking Vermin of Dunmore Cave

The Wexford Christmas Imps

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WEIRD WESTERNS

Attack of the Lightning Bugs

Chupacabrón

Gold Faever

The Gold Hill Ghoul

The Night Nurse: Glenwood Springs, 1888

The Odd Fellow’s Champion

The Pilfered Pelt

Quicker Than the Eye

Recalling Molly

Thin Skinned

The Ugliest Man in Albuquerque

MORE STORIES

Bush League

Coffin Stick

The Dog Boy

Needles & Pin

Right Place, Wrong Time

PLAYS AND MUSICALS

Check out my website for a listing of more than 100 plays and musicals (mostly for children).

www.patrickdorn.com

A Leprechaun’s Afoot!

Moments before families and tourists in the attractive medieval seaside village of Carlingford Town head to the hills for the famous and fanciful National Leprechaun Hunt, an actual leprechaun asks Franciscan Father Declan O’Shea for help. He’s missing a kinsman…and there’s more than just a pot of gold at stake.

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland.

Chapter One

Father Declan O’Shea sat on the rainbow-painted slats of the Gratitude bench outside a medieval jail, willing the extra helping of oysters roiling in his belly to settle, and doing a bad job of it. Even his prayers to the apostle Timothy, patron