Happy St Patrick's Day! As a novelist specializing in Irish fairy tales, I couldn't afford to miss sharing some LEPRECHAUN tidbits with you! 

I've collected a few pictures, a few descriptions (they don't always match up).... and I've also turned one into a story! Click through to see several historical descriptions and illustrations.

Page 1: engraving c. 1900, Wikipedia
Page 2: Jack B. Yeats’s “Old Man and Leprechaun,” undated. Ink on paper. 6.5 x 9.3 in. (Photo: ArtNet)
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P 3-4: The black and white illustrations on from "Irish Wonders"
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Man in Elizabethan garb: Garb based on Don Juan of Austria
Photo of Luca Cistriani
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p 7: resource did not cite source
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Illustration, final page: A traditional leprechaun in red coat and breeches, one of Ireland’s most notorious tricksters. (Photo: Sybil Shearin / Children Story Tales)