Under the mountain peaks running through County Kerry, Ireland, sits the town of DarBrandubh, home to a reclusive band of leprechauns. ‘Tis a bit of country where the wee folk who once tormented the humans of the region have turned inward.

Whether the change came about because of bounties advertised for the capture of their kind or simply from greed is unknown. Whatever drove them underground has delivered them to the realm of myth so far as the humans are concerned. But there is more to their isolation than first appears. For the inhabitants of DarBrandubh, conditions under the mountain are ideal for the sort of conjuring that fills coffers to overflowing with gold.