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Leap, County Cork
Leap (Leim Ui Dhonnabhain in Irish) is a village in County Cork in Ireland. Its full Irish name means "O'Donovan's Leap" and is derived from the story of a chieftain called O'Donovan, who was pursued by English soldiers, but escaped them by jumping across a ravine at the bottom of the village.
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