#James Napper Tandy

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#OTD in 1801 – The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins.

James Napper Tandy was born in the Cornmarket area of Dublin in 1740; one of three children born to James Tandy, an iron works merchant, and Maria Bella Jenkins. Tandy received his education at the Quaker boarding school in Ballitore, Kildare, amongst its alumni Edmund Burke, a champion of Catholic emancipation and a supporter of American independence. Originally a small tradesman in Dublin, he…

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Happy birthday, Napper Tandy! (February 16, 1739)

A folk hero in Ireland, James Napper Tandy was born in Dublin to a merchant family. He was a political reformist who turned to revolution in order to secure Irish independence from British control. He was influenced by the French Revolution, and his activities and popularity led to attempted suppression by the government. He founded the Society of United Irishmen, a revolutionary organization, and planned a rebellion in exile with French support. In 1798 he returned to Ireland but was arrested after his revolution failed to occur. He was imprisoned until 1801, after which he was exiled once again to France, after Napoleon intervened in his case. He died in 1803, never again setting foot in Ireland.

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Richard R. Madden (1798 - 1886) was an Irish doctor, writer, historian and member of the United Irishmen, suggests that the Peep o’Day Boys were composed of both Protestants and Presbyterians while the Defenders originally consisted of Catholics. The Peep o’ Day Boys so-called on account of the nature of their attacks, between dusk and dawn, on the homes of their Catholic neighbours in search of arms. The title "Defenders" arose on account of the resistance of Catholics to these aggressions.

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Eugene O’Neill’s Shutters in Jamaica Plain

The owners have another restaurant that’s still open

Jamaica Plain bid farewell to another Irish pub this week as Eugene O’Neill’s closed its doors at 3700 Washington St. The venue closed down on Saturday, according to Boston Restaurant Talk, continuing to bring down the number of Irish pubs in the neighborhood.

Eugene O’Neill’s first opened in September 2012 and was under the same ownership as Napper Tandy’s in Roslindale. It went the same way as James’s Gate, which closed down on McBride Street in the fall of 2015. But the Irish pub presence in the neighborhood got a boost in March 2017 with the opening of The Gate Bar and Restaurant at 3171 Washington St., as previously reported.

Eater has reached out for more details on the nature of the closure of Eugene O’Neill’s and will provide any updates as they are made available. Meanwhile, Napper Tandy’s remains open.

• Eugene O'Neill’s in Jamaica Plain Has Closed [BRT] • The Gate Opens in Jamaica Plain This March [EBOS]

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To tell the truth, to exclude from the present nation all who are descended from foreign families would be impossible, and to deny the name of patriot to all those who are not of Irish stock would be to deny it to almost all the heroes of the modern movement—Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmet, Theobald Wolfe Tone and Napper Tandy, leaders of the uprising of 1798, Thomas Davis and John Mitchel, leaders of the Young Ireland movement, Isaac Butt, Joseph Biggar, the inventor of parliamentary obstructionism, many of the anticlerical Fenians, and, finally, Charles Stewart Parnell, who was perhaps the most formidable man that ever led the Irish, but in whose veins there was not even a drop of Celtic blood.

James Joyce, Critical Writings, 161-62

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Among his frequent visitors was the English Quaker Dr John Walker, who admired "Rights of Man" and had no antipathy toward "The Age of Reason". Paine invited Walker to a dinner with James Napper Tandy, the famous Irish republican, and several other British exiles. Tandy, taking a glass flilled with red wine, proposed a toast: "Gentlemen," he said, "may the tri-coloured flag [of France] float on the Tower of London, and on the Birmingham Tower of Dublin Castle!" Paine, joining in the toast, noticed that the teetotaling Walker refrained. "Walker is a Quaker with all its follies," Paine called out, a huge smile on his face. "I am a Quaker without them."

John Keane, Tom Paine: A Political Life

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#OTD in Irish History | 24 August:

In the Liturgical calendar it is the Feast Day of Abbán moccu Corbmaic, also Eibbán or Moabba, a saint in Irish tradition. He was associated, first and foremost, with Mag Arnaide (Moyarney or Adamstown, near New Ross, Co Wexford) and with Cell Abbáin (Killabban, Co Laois). His cult was, however, also connected to other churches elsewhere in Ireland, notably that of his alleged sister…

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#OTD in 1778 – Robert Emmet, one of Ireland’s most famous revolutionaries, is born in Dublin.

O! BREATHE not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grave o’er his head. But the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory…

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#OTD in 1801 – The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins.

James Napper Tandy was born in the Cornmarket area of Dublin in 1740; one of three children born to James Tandy, an iron works merchant, and Maria Bella Jenkins. Tandy received his education at the Quaker boarding school in Ballitore, Kildare, amongst its alumni Edmund Burke, a champion of Catholic emancipation and a supporter of American independence. Originally a small tradesman in Dublin, he…

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#OTD in 1803 – James Napper Tandy, Irish patriot, dies in exile in France.

James Napper Tandy was born in the Cornmarket area of Dublin in 1740; one of three children born to James Tandy, an iron works merchant, and Maria Bella Jenkins. Tandy received his education at the Quaker boarding school in Ballitore, Kildare, amongst its alumni Edmund Burke, a champion of Catholic emancipation and a supporter of American independence. Originally a small tradesman in Dublin, he…

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#OTD in 1803 – James Napper Tandy, Irish patriot, dies in exile in France.

#OTD in 1803 – James Napper Tandy, Irish patriot, dies in exile in France.

James Napper Tandy was born in the Cornmarket area of Dublin in 1740; one of three children born to James Tandy, an iron works merchant, and Maria Bella Jenkins. Tandy received his education at the Quaker boarding school in Ballitore, Kildare, amongst its alumni Edmund Burke, a champion of Catholic emancipation and a supporter of American independence. Originally a small tradesman in Dublin, he…

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#OTD in Irish History | 24 August:

#OTD in Irish History | 24 August:

In the Liturgical calendar it is the Feast Day of Abbán moccu Corbmaic, also Eibbán or Moabba, a saint in Irish tradition. He was associated, first and foremost, with Mag Arnaide (Moyarney or Adamstown, near New Ross, Co Wexford) and with Cell Abbáin (Killabban, Co Laois). His cult was, however, also connected to other churches elsewhere in Ireland, notably that of his alleged sister…

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#OTD in Irish History | 9 November:

1711 – The first Irish parliament of Queen Anne is dissolved. 1791 – Napper Tandy convenes the first meeting of Dublin’s United Irishmen. 1875 – Birth of Sir Hugh Percy Lane. He is best known for establishing Dublin’s Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art in the world) and for his remarkable contribution to the visual arts in Ireland. He died on board the…

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#OTD in Irish History | 9 November:

#OTD in Irish History | 9 November:

1711 – The first Irish parliament of Queen Anne is dissolved. 1791 – Napper Tandy convenes the first meeting of Dublin’s United Irishmen. 1875 – Birth of Sir Hugh Percy Lane. He is best known for establishing Dublin’s Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art in the world) and for his remarkable contribution to the visual arts in Ireland. He died on board the…

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#OTD in Irish History | 16 September:

1732 – Birth in Castletown, Co Clare of Thomas O’Gorman, physician, wine trader and courtier in France; made a chevalier by Louis XV. 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Small French force under James Napper Tandy makes brief landing on Rutland Island, Co Donegal. 1798 – Belfast United Irish leaders arrested. 1808 – William Trench, land agent and author, is born near Portarlington, Co Laois. 1830 –…

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#OTD in Irish History | 17 July:

1221 – Geoffrey de Marisco, justiciar of Ireland, is accused of financial irregularities and resigns: he is replaced by Archbishop Henry of London on this date. 1798 – Death of Henry Joy McCracken. He was a cotton manufacturer and industrialist, Presbyterian, radical Irish republican, and a founding member, along with Theobald Wolfe Tone, James Napper Tandy, and Robert Emmet, of the Society of…