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William Crotty, Outlaw of the Comeragh Mountains, Is Tried in Waterford

March 8, 1742

Ireland

William Crotty, outlaw of the Comeragh mountains, is tried in Waterford

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.