Annotation:Ned of the Hill (1)
X:1 T:Yemon O knock T:Ned of the Hill [1] T:Éamonn an chnoic M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:"Slow" R:Air S:O'Farrell - National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G DE|G2B2 AG|B2 g>f ed/B/|A2B2 AG|TG4 DE| G2 B>d dB/A/|B2 g>f ed/B/|A2 BG AG/A/|G4:| |:d/e/f/|g2 fe a>g|f2 ed/B/ dg/f/|ed B/A/G/E/ G/A/B/d/| e>f g>a ga/b/|g2 B2 AG|B2 g>f e/d/B/A/|A2B2 AG/A/|TG4:|]
NED OF THE HILL [1] (Éamonn/Eadmun an cnuic). AKA - "Edmund of the Hill," "Yemon O knock." AKA and see "As a Beam O'er the Waters," "Col O'Gara," "Eamonn a' Chnuich (1)," "Young Man's Dream (The)." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 or 6/8 time). G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill, Roche): AABB (O'Farrell, Shields/Goodman). An Irish ballad of the period 1698-1704 written in memory of Edmond (O')Ryan, of Knockmeill Castle, Co. Tipperary, who was an outlaw under King William. Edmond, or Ned, was the scion of an old aristocratic Irish family, the O'Ryans of Kilnelongurty, County Tipperary, who "was forced to become a Rapparee, and to do a man's part in spoiling the spoiler" (Flood, 1906). Fighting against the Williamite forces, O'Ryan "took to the hills" after the capitulation of Limerick, and was murdered in one of the first years 18th century by one Dwyer for the reward of 200 Pounds set by the English for his head. He is buried in Curraheen, near Hollyford. The air itself dates from the close of the 16th century (though the first printed version appeared in 1729), according to Flood, and it underwent various modifications between the years 1600 and 1760 appearing under many titles, including "The Young Man's Dream" and a Scotch variant, "I Dreamed I Lay," with words by Robert Burns published in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, 1788) . Another early printing of the melody appears in the appendix to Walker's Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (1786).
