The Big ones, are in CF. They are red/purple to my 41 ranger. Only magic item I have gotten from them so far is a par of goat skin leggins RI 98 af with like +15 to con.
on the merlin server, i saw some fellow named pooka fighting a pookha, i figured, "oh, what a site....how clever am I. pooka is fighting a pookha!" well to make a long storry short, pooka was killed and ofcoarse shortly after so was I. the fella got me for near 300 dmg. i didnt have even a second to think before it sent me to the ground.
My friends, 6 of us level 31-35 were trying to make our way from Innis to TC and we came across some aggros. After killing a couple of amadans a pooka comes in a wipes us all out. Hit for around 300 damage to level 30s+ with scale armor.
I was once walking around after killing some water beetles and I swam across a small river to see what was on the other side. I had my first person view on (I don't remember why...) anyways I see a cute little black pony named Pooka or the likes similair to that, so I decided to examine it a little closer...next thing I know I see the pony rear up and the last thing I thought was "Awe, how cute!" Then I see two hooves break my face up, and down goes Vampyre (LvL 10 Champion) Hit me for 249 in the head. The only good thing from the situation was my friend who was so appropiatly named BraveSir Robin "ran away" he turned his tail and bravely ran away.
All the ones that I have ever seen in Connacht are all orange red to level 31/32. Now there are some down south in Lough Gur that are killers. I can easily see them being in the listed level range above. One can easily wipeout an unprepared party of 30+. Don't ask how I know that. But the ones in Connacht all seem to be 33-36 or so.
I agree about the ones in Connacht, although I know nothing about the ones in Lough Gur. I am lvl 28 and they typically con red or pruple to me, with the occasional purple being pretty tough. I think 32-36 is a good lvl estimate for this area's pookas.