Clever Tom Fitzpatrick thinks his fortune is made when he captures a leprechaun and forces him to reveal the hiding place of his gold, but the leprechaun is clever too.
General Note
"Retold from 'The field of Boliauns' included by folklorist T. Crofton Croker in Legends and traditions of the south of Ireland (1825)"--P. opp. t.p.