Tomás Laighléis (1895 - 1984) was a traditional Irish Seanchaí or ásLaighléstoryteller.

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.

Tomás Laighléis

See also

Robin Lawless, died 1260.

Tomás Laighléis

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.

Tomás Laighléis

Local historians

People from County Galway

20th-century Irish historians

21st-century Irish historians