March 8th , 1742
William Crotty (“Crotty the Robber”) (1712–42) was a highwayman who was hanged in Waterford in 1742. Several of his hideouts in the Comeragh Mountains are named after him.
William crotty, outlaw of the comeragh mountains, is tried in waterford
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