"Ned of the Hill", in Gaelic "Eadmun an cnuic" is also known as "As A Beam O’er The Waters", "Col O’Gara" and "The Young Man’s Dream". It is an Irish ballad of the period 1698-1704 written in memory of Éamonn Ó Riain, of Knockmeill Castle, Co. Tipperary, who was an outlaw under King William. It is said that Ó Riain became an outlaw after shooting a tax collector dead during a quarrel over the confiscation of a poor woman's cow. Various other stories are told in which Ó Riain plays the role of the rebel hero who battles authority in the mode of Robin Hood. There are several sets of lyrics in both Gaelic and English but I only play the melody instrumentally. It has been recorded by The Tannahill Weavers, Finbar And Eddie Furey and Boys Of The Lough. I learned this from one of John Loesburg's An Irish Tunebook collections.