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Tandy, James Napper

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Tandy, James Napper (1740–1803)

Irish patriot who became the first secretary of the Society of United Irishmen.

He established an armed force on the pattern of the Paris National Guard, but his movement failed and he was obliged to take refuge in America. In 1798 he went to Paris, and in conjunction with Wolfe Tone and others planned an invasion of Ireland, aided by the French. They landed in Ireland September 1798, but the rising was unsuccessful. Tandy fled to Hamburg, where he was arrested and taken to Ireland. He was convicted of treason but reprieved through the intervention of the French.

Tandy is the hero of The Wearing of the Green.



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