Nationality Irish | Occupation highwayman | |
Born 1691 County Antrim, Ireland Other names Neesy O'Haughan , Ness O'Haughan, Nessie O'Haughan, Naoise O'Haughan Died 1720, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Other name Neesy O'Haughan , Ness O'Haughan, Nessie O'Haughan, Naoise O'Haughan | ||
Naoise O'Haughan (Irish: Naoise Ó hEocháin,), also known as Neesy, Ness and Nessie (1691–1720) was a highwayman in County Antrim, Ireland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
The wild rolling hills of Antrim - Divis and Black Mountain - provided an ideal environment for O'Haughan. He is said to have hidden in caves at the Hatchet Field on the Black Mountain West of Belfast, before he was captured and hanged at 'The Three Sisters', the gallows green, near Carrickfergus Castle in 1720.
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