School: Baile Nua
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séan Wixteed
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0543, Page 147
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Baile Nua
- XML Page 147
- XML “Ned of the Hill”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)by the British for the head of Ned. The military was stationed at Anfield mid-way between Upperchurch and Thurles and Lee was proceeding there when his wife warned Ned and the British were again deprived of their quarry. For this act of treachery Lee was shot dead by Ned shortly afterwards and it is said the people were so incensed at the treachery that they disinterred Lee's remains and cast them into the river Abannbeg, but they were washed up at Moyliffe and there buried.
There were £300 offered by the British for Ned's head so one night whilst he was asleep one of his enemies took him by surprise and cutting off his head took it to the police station but being a day late he was deprived of his reward.
- Collector
- Eileen Purcell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cappaclogh, Co. Tipperary
