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  Tandy James Napper - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Tandy, James Napper (1740-1803), Irish revolutionary, born in Dublin.
Tandy, Jessica (1909-1994), American stage and motion-picture actor, known for her half-century partnership with Hume Cronyn, whom she married in...
MOST PEOPLE meet James Napper Tandy in the song the Wearing of the Green.
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  TANDY, J. NAPPER - LoveToKnow Article on TANDY, J. NAPPER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
TANDY, JAMES NAPPER (1740-1803), Irish rebel, son of a Dublin ironmonger, was bom in Dublin in 1740.
Tandy then took proceedings against the lord lieutenant for issuing a proclamation for his arrest; and although the action failed, it increased Tandy's popularity, and his expenses were paid by the Society of the United Irishmen.
Tandy remained in prison till April 1801, when he was tried, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to death; he was, however, reprieved and allowed to go to France.
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 James Napper Tandy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
James Napper Tandy (1740 - August 24, 1803), was an (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish rebel leader, during the struggle for home rule.
In April 1780, Tandy was expelled from the Dublin volunteers (see (additional info and facts about Henry Flood) Henry Flood) for proposing the expulsion of the Duke of (additional info and facts about Leinster) Leinster, whose moderation had offended the extremists.
Tandy persuaded the corporation of Dublin to condemn by resolution (English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)) Pitt's amended commercial resolutions in 1785.
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 James Napper Tandy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In February 1792, an allusion in debate by Toler,the attorney-general, to Tandy's personal ugliness, provoked him into sending a challenge; this was treated by the House of Commons as a breach of privilege, and a Speaker's warrant wasissued for his arrest, which he managed to elude till its validity expired on the prorogation of parliament.
Tandy then tookproceedings against the lord lieutenant for issuing a proclamation for his arrest; and although the action failed, it increasedTandy's popularity, and his expenses were paid by the Society of the United Irishmen.
Tandy remained in prison till April 1801, when he was tried, pleaded guilty, and wassentenced to death; he was reprieved and allowed to go to France.
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 Irish Democrat : Features : Napper Tandy: forgotten patriot
Tandy was appointed second in command of the Dunkirk invasion force under general Rey.
The French press wrote that Tandy threatened an officer with his pistol while the official report by the French minister at Hamburg stated that it was Blackwell who struck out with his sword but that four marines jumped on him and forced him to the ground.
Tandy claimed the protection of the court on a technicality and was acquitted.
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 Napper Tandy
In April 1780 Tandy was expelled from the Dublin volunteers for proposing the expulsion of the Duke of Leinster, whose moderation had offended the extremists.
Tandy persuaded the corporation of Dublin to condemn by resolution William Pitt's amended commercial resolutions in 1785.
Tandy remained in prison until April 1801, when he was tried, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to death; he was, however, reprieved and allowed to go to France.
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 sfbg.com | Dine
JAMES NAPPER TANDY, an 18th-century Irish patriot, has achieved a rare sort of immortality: he is mentioned by name in the great Irish anthem "The Wearing of the Green." Perhaps in part for that reason, he has also achieved another sort of immortality, as a namesake for pubs.
"Napper Tandy" in some form or other is an expression to be found emblazoned on Irish public-house signage from Heidelberg to Long Island to San Francisco, where our very own version, the Napper Tandy, opened earlier this spring in a space too briefly occupied by the splendid Lorca.
A fair fraction of the Napper Tandy's pub grub, to be sure, is worthy, and all of it comes in portions that range from large through vast to staggering.
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 Various other bits and pieces including Miles Vigne and Tandy
Tandy was acquitted by a Volunteer court-martial of any unsoldierlike or dishonourable behaviour in the matter, and he pursued his advantage by instituting proceedings against the Lord Lieutenant for publishing the proclamation.
Tandy lost the case, but "of course found many sympathisers".50 At a United banquet at Belfast on 19 April an enthusiastic toast was made to "Napper Tandy and the Rights of the Subject".
A statue of James Napper Tandy is reputed to exist in the village of Knockbridge, Co Louth, and was photographed there by an American Catholic priest.76 The photograph was given to the grandmother of W.S. Tandy of Texas in 1968.
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 JAMES NAPPER TANDY (17... - Online Information article about JAMES NAPPER TANDY (17...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
action failed, it increased Tandy's popularity, and his TANDY 395 expenses were paid by the Society of the United Irishmen.
Napper Tandy, who was drunk during most of the expedition, took See also:
reason to suppose that Napper Tandy was dishonest or insincere; and the manner in which his name was introduced in the well-known ballad, "The Wearing of the See also:
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 James Napper Tandy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Napper Tandy (1740 - August 24, 1803), was an Irish rebel leader.
Tandy then made his way to Hamburg with three or four companions.
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 James Napper Tandy
Síle Ní Chinnéide, Napper Tandy and the European Crises of 1798-1803 [O’Donnell lecture UCG 1962] (NUI [1962]).
Gerard O’Brien (Geography Publications 1989): Napper Tandy presiding at a meeting of the ‘Free Citizens of Dublin’; in 1775, ordered an address of thanks to the lords who had voted against ‘the establishment of popery in Canada’.
See also ftn.: In 1784-85, Napper Tandy was involved in the open demand for votes for Catholics, which served only to stiffen Protestant resistance and alarm.
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 Tandy James Napper: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Their artillery was commanded by Napper Tandy, the popular tribune of Dublin City.
Napper Tandy was not a scientific artillerist like General Phillips, nor a heaven-born gunner like young...
When faced with a sedition charge in 1793, Tandy fled to the United States and then to France (1798), where he was given...
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 Encyclopedia: Society of the United Irishmen
Although the 20th century campaign to remove Ireland from the United Kingdom was led mainly by Roman Catholics, the society was formed largely by Belfast Protestants.
Leading figures in the society were Theobald Wolfe Tone, James Napper Tandy, Henry Joy McCracken and Robert Emmet.
The Orange Order was founded in 1795 with the aim of promoting Protestant pro-British loyalism, in part as a reaction against the anti-sectarianism of the United Irishmen.
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 Bid Napper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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Society of the United Irishmen 7: the society were Theobald Wolfe Tone, James Napper Tandy and Robert Emmet.
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 Wolfe James: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
William James Smith Commonweal...According to James Andrews Christian...November 1987, Wolfe is in splendid...
James Joyces work, much beloved by Wolfe, also beckoned him forward in his new endeavor.
It was the one that Henry James thought was her greatest, that she never needed to write another book.
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 James Napper Tandy - Encyclopedia.com
Originally a small tradesman in Dublin, he gained attention by his attacks on municipal corruption and his proposal to boycott English goods as a reprisal for the restrictions placed on Irish commerce.
When faced with a sedition charge in 1793, Tandy fled to the United States and then to France (1798), where he was given the title of general.
He landed (1798) in Ireland, but when he discovered that the French expedition of General Humbert to aid the Irish rebellion had failed, he fled to Hamburg, where he was arrested.
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 Tandy, James Napper. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
He joined the Irish volunteer army (see Ireland), and he aided Theodore Wolfe Tone in founding (1791) the Dublin branch of the United Irish Society (see United Irishmen).
When faced with a sedition charge in 1793, Tandy fled to the United States and then to France (1798), where he was given the title of general.
He landed (1798) in Ireland, but when he discovered that the French expedition of General Humbert to aid the Irish rebellion had failed, he fled to Hamburg, where he was arrested.
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 Louth Assizes 1793-99
James Corran, for assaulting a Revenue officer and a constable, to be imprisoned for a fortnight and give security for his future good behaviour; the sentence was made so small on account of the traverser having been in custody for five months before his trial.
James Keeran, for the same offence, to be imprisoned three months and fined forty shillings: this increase in his sentence beyond the others arose from his having produced on his defence three perjured witnesses.
James Daly, a boy about 13 years old, for picking the pockets of three of his fellow-servants of money, was ordered to be transported for seven years, he appearing to be an adept at thieving.
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 Wearing O' the Green
Meanwhile, outside in College Green, bold Napper Tandy had his artillery corps mustered, all in their uniforms of emerald and scarlet, his cannon trained on the Parliament Houses and bearing placards with the inscription "Free Trade or _______." To this pregnant arguement and that unwritten alternative, the placemen yielded.
Encyclopedia Brittanica mentions him, James Napper Tandy, 1740-1803, noting that he is the hero of "The Wearing of the Green".
There are a number of songs that appear with Napper Tandy as the Hero or the Villian, depending on which side you're on.
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 Samuel Allyne Otis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He also served in the Massachusetts house and was a delegate to the (The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation) Continental Congress in 1787 and 1778.
He was born to James Otis and Mary Allyne on November 24, 1740 in (additional info and facts about Barnstable County, Massachusetts) Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
While his older brother and sister, (additional info and facts about James Otis) James Otis and (additional info and facts about Mercy Otis Warren) Mercy Otis Warren were both more prominent in the revolution, Samuel collected supplies for the (The American army during the American Revolution) Continental Army in 1776 and 1777.
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 13outline9_30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
James Gillray, "Portrait of an Irish Chief" (Grattan) James Napper Tandy
Belfast 1791 (Samuel McTier and James Napper Tandy)
Dublin 1791 (James Napper Tandy and Archibald Hamilton Rowan)
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 Tandy - Google Directory - Computers > Hardware > Historical > Tandy
Jessica Tandy with her husband, Hume Cronyn, at the Academy Awards ceremonies, Born in London, England, on June 7, 1909, Tandy was the daughter of a
The Tandy 16b, and the similar Tandy 6000, were Tandy's stab at a multi-user Click here to view all comments for the Tandy 16b and to leave your own.
With her remarks, Karen Tandy appears either to have crossed that line or to Tandy needs to clarify her remarks and state publicly that the DEA is not
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 James Napper Tandy --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
James Napper Tandy, engraving by James Heath, 1815, from an earlier drawing by James Petrie.
In her nearly 70-year career, U.S. actress Jessica Tandy was acclaimed for her nuanced performances in theater, radio, film, and television.
Most notably he was a leader in the movement known as pragmatism, which stresses that the value of any idea or policy is based entirely on its usefulness and workability.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Tandy James Napper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tandy, James Napper (1740-1803), Irish revolutionary, born in Dublin.
He supported Henry Grattan in his campaign to win autonomy for Ireland, and he...
The principles of the French Revolution found their most powerful expression in Ireland in the Society of United Irishmen, led by Wolfe Tone, Napper...
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 IrishAlmanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1941 the death in Zurich, Switzerland, of James Joyce, 59.
In 1882 the birth in Dublin of James Joyce.
In 1803 the death at Bordeaux in France of James Napper Tandy, memorialized in the ballad, "The Wearin' of the Green":
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 Napper Chime Softwares - Web Design Firm In New Jersey, Nj And Freeware Software Development From The S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Napper Architects Newcastle: Bespoke building, landscape, architecture and interior design.
Shedding all bands and accompanists, Napper forges a new sound from the furthest reaches of his inner being.
Body Napper - as seen on TV and high tech products, including exercise equipment, ab workout machines and other useful gadgets for those who love highly functional, high tech neat stuff.
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 NINTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Roger TANDY was born about 1690 in South Farnham Parrish, Essex, Virginia.
William TANDY was born in 1727 in King and Queen County, Virginia.
Henry TANDY was born on Mar 6 1740/41 in Caroline County, Virginia.
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 Spanish Lady
Just a few doors down [from the author's and Luke Kelly's childhood homes in the Liberties] was Napper Tandy's house, referred to in the old Dublin song The Spanish Lady.
[1999:] James "Napper Tandy" was one of the founders of the revolutionary group known as the "United Irishmen." They were the first republican revolutionaries in Irish history.
Tandy had fled Ireland to avoid arrest in 1793 and traveled to France.
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 Parishes of Adamstown, Dodsboro and Esker - ABOUT US
The oldest road going through Dodsboro is Tandy’s Lane, called after the Tandy Family who leased land here from the 18th, 19th to early 20th centuries.
The United Irishman James Napper Tandy was one of this family.
Dodsboro Cottages is the oldest housing estate, the first lot being built in 1939, and the second in 1950.
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