Tomás Laighléis
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Tomás Laighléis (1895 - 1984) was a traditional Irish Seanchaí or storyteller.
A native of Menlo, County Galway, Laighléis was a seanchaí of local history and of Fianna tales. A selection of his recorded tales, was published in 1977 but contains only a fraction of his output.
See also
- Robin Lawless, died 1260.
References
- Seanchas Thomáis Laighléis, ed. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977.
- Social History and Oral Art - Reflections on the Collected Folklore of Menlo, near Galway City, Cian Marnell, pp. 134–148, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, volume 59, 2007.
- Lawless of Connacht, Adrian James Martyn, p. 101, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, vol. 12, 2011.
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