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The Far Gorta (man of hunger) is a fairy born of the the many famines of Ireland. It is emaciated, and wanders through the land begging for food. Those that give food freely are rewarded with good luck.
Source
Charles Welsh. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales. In Irish Literature, ed by Justin McCarthy. Volume III, pg xx.