here's a discussion of the tune Eamonn a’ Chnuic (Ned of the Hill) with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and Ilse de Ziah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA9SQFUdAnk

and a nice rendition by Brent Nokes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZPcNL-dQ8

each tells a story of Éamonn Ó Riain (Edmund O'Ryan)

Cheers, S. in Seattle