August 24th, 1803
James Napper Tandy (1740 - August 24, 1803), was an Irish rebel leader, during the struggle for home rule.
He was born 1740 in Dublin, Irish revolutionary. 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.
He joined the Irish volunteer army, and he aided Theobald Wolfe Tone in founding (1791) the Dublin branch of the United Irish Society. 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 in Ireland in 1798, 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.
He was returned to Ireland in 1800, sentenced to execution, but reprieved through French influence. He died in August 24, 1803 in Bordeaux France. His fame is perpetuated in the Irish ballad The Wearing of the Green.
