Someone above blamed Cromwell. Since he died in 1658, he's off the hook on this one. btw, my source for my previous post is Martin O'Dwyer's 'A Biographical Dictionary of Tipperary'.                  

The Pogues recording 'Young Ned of the Hill' was written by Ron Kavana and Terry Woods. I once spoke to Terry before a Pogues gig (they mixed with fans in the pub beforehand)and said, 'Thanks for a great song'. He asked, 'which one was that'? I said, 'Young Ned of the Hill'. He later sang it with great gusto on stage.