Young Ned Of The Hill Lyrics And Guitar Chords
The Pogues, Written By Ron Kavana & Terry Woods. Young Ned was Edmund Ryan from Tipperary who was a member of The Wild Geese. Some of the other Tipperary songs that deal with rebellion and fighting the enemy are The Galtee Mountain Boy song and Sean Tracey.
NED OF THE HILL
(Eamonn an Cbnuic)
Perhaps the most famous of the rapparees was Edmund O'Ryan of Knockmeill Castle. Best known as "Ned of the Hill" for his north Tipperary hideout on the mountain behind Cappaph White, O'Ryan was reputed to have earlier been a member of Galloping Hogan's band who had rallied to Sarsfield's call. What is certain is that he took to the hills sometime after the Capitulation of Limerick.
In 1702 a reward of £200 was offered for the head of "Edmund Knock Ryan" on the charge of murder. Constantly on the run, O'Ryan was forced to rely on sympathisers for shelter. At Foilclug, the rapparee took refuge in the house of one Dwyer, who promptly murdered his sleeping guest for the blood-price. In a beloved piece of Irish irony, Dwyer never got the reward. It seems that the man O'Ryan had slain had himself been a "com mon robber" who had accosted an English gentlewoman. Unbeknownst to Dwyer, the lady had set the authorities right and the reward had been withdrawn. Edmund O'Ryan was buried at Curraheen, near the village of Hollyford. Dwyer's grave is long forgotten.
Tradition asserts that O'Ryan was a talented Gaelic balla- deer, author of the popular Bean Dubb a Ghleanna (Dark Lady of the Glen) as well as of the following autobiographical lay which stands symbol for the recurring tragedy of Irishmen "on the run" from the redcoats. A free translation from the Irish is given here.
(Eamonn an Cbnuic)
Perhaps the most famous of the rapparees was Edmund O'Ryan of Knockmeill Castle. Best known as "Ned of the Hill" for his north Tipperary hideout on the mountain behind Cappaph White, O'Ryan was reputed to have earlier been a member of Galloping Hogan's band who had rallied to Sarsfield's call. What is certain is that he took to the hills sometime after the Capitulation of Limerick.
In 1702 a reward of £200 was offered for the head of "Edmund Knock Ryan" on the charge of murder. Constantly on the run, O'Ryan was forced to rely on sympathisers for shelter. At Foilclug, the rapparee took refuge in the house of one Dwyer, who promptly murdered his sleeping guest for the blood-price. In a beloved piece of Irish irony, Dwyer never got the reward. It seems that the man O'Ryan had slain had himself been a "com mon robber" who had accosted an English gentlewoman. Unbeknownst to Dwyer, the lady had set the authorities right and the reward had been withdrawn. Edmund O'Ryan was buried at Curraheen, near the village of Hollyford. Dwyer's grave is long forgotten.
Tradition asserts that O'Ryan was a talented Gaelic balla- deer, author of the popular Bean Dubb a Ghleanna (Dark Lady of the Glen) as well as of the following autobiographical lay which stands symbol for the recurring tragedy of Irishmen "on the run" from the redcoats. A free translation from the Irish is given here.
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[Am] Have you ever [Em] walked the lonesome hills
And [Am] heard the curlews [Em] cry? Or [Am] seen the Raven [Em] black as night, [C] Upon a [G] windswept [Am] sky? To [Am] walk the purple [Em] heather, And [Am] hear the westwind [Em] cry To [Am] know that's where the [Em] rapparee must [Am] die Since Cromwell put us westward To live our lowly lives There's some of us have deemed to fight From Tipperary mountains high Noble men with wills of iron Who are not afraid to die Who'll fight with Gaelic honor held on high Chorus: A curse on you Oliver Cromwell You've raped our mother land I hope you're rotting down in Hell For the horrors that you sent To our misfortune forefathers Whom you robbed of their birthright "To Hell our Connacht", may you burn in Hell tonight Of one such man I'd like to speak A rappareee by name and deed His family dispossessed and slaughtered They put a price upon his head His name is known in song and story His deeds are legend still And murdered for blood money Was [C] young Ned [G] of the [Am] hill You have robbed our homes and fortunate s Even drove us from our land You tried to break our spirit But you never understand The love of dear old Ireland That will forge an iron will As long as there are gallant men Like young Ned of the hill. |
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