The Kingsthorpe resident was on a golfing holiday near Limerick when he stumbled upon the mythical creature while searching for an errant ball.
"I'd shanked off the tee into the deep rough and was crouching in the long stuff looking for it when I realised I was standing near the end of a rainbow."
It was then the pint sized prankster emerged. "He actually thanked me for saving him, my ball had scared off a canadian goose who was pecking at him near the bunker. He said if there was anything he could do for me he was forever in my debt, so I said I'd be happy if he could help me get back on the fairway tbf!!"
"After he'd showed me where my ball was, I went to chip it and thought I'd caught it really thin, but next thing I know the balls on the green a few yards from the flag..result! The lads I was playing the round with weren't so "lucky", Steve's ball got magicked into a giant ostriche egg just as he made contact and he got covered in yoke, my other mate Dan's 7 iron turned in to an umbrella mid shot!"
After that Lewis got 5 hole in ones in a row while his playing partners suffered a series of mishaps including getting stuck in bottomless bunkers and having the hole come alive and spit the ball out, but it was the 19th hole where the real action began.The leprechaun magicked Lewis a giant pint of Guiness and the conversation turned to football.
As leprachauns are said to be a solitary creatures, whose principal occupation is making and cobbling shoes, Lewis's new friend took an instant interest in the Cobblers.
"He said anything I wanted for Town he'd make it happen, Messi and Ronaldo in the team, an 80,000 seater stadium, a state of the art training ground, back to back promotions to the top flight and then the champions league..it was at this point we fell out. I asked him, thats all well and good mate, but one question, how are you supposed to pay for it all? How many millionaires do you know mate? Who's gonna pay the bills?
"The guy was literally talking in riddles and he skipped off calling me an eejit, so called tolerant Lurigadawne of Tipperary!"
NEXT TIME: Nether Heyford Cobbler finds a magic lamp at a carboot and wishes for 200 extra seats in the east stand, the occasional promotion to league one and a contract extension for Sam Hoskins.
