Jack White's Inn

Jack White's Inn
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Location	Ballinapark, Brittas Bay, County Wicklow, A67 HE06, Ireland

Jack White's Inn is a pub and restaurant in Brittas Bay, County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located on N11 road, in an area where the Irish smuggler and pirate Jack White operated in the late 18th century.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Jack White’s hole

The pub's name is a reference to Jack White, an Irish pirate that lived at the turn of the 18th century, ^[1] reputed to be a smuggler.^{[ citation needed ]} Jack White arranged shipment of Wicklow wool to be sent abroad to France in exchange for brandy, wine and French luxury goods. He operated in a place in Brittas Bay, known as 'Jack's Hole', where Jack White's Inn is now located. After a falling-out occurred over a particularly rich cargo of clandestine goods, Jack White was tried by some of his regular customers and sentenced to death. There is a reputed copy of an arrest warrant on the wall of Jack White's Inn.^{[ citation needed ]}

Tom Nevin’s murder

In 1996, Jack White's Inn was the scene of one of the most famous Irish murders. ^[2] On 16 March of that year, Tom Nevin, co-owner of the pub, was shot dead while counting the takings of the Bank Holiday Weekend. In a supposed botched robbery attempt, ^[3] he was killed by a single shotgun blast. Catherine Nevin, Tom Nevin's wife and also owner of the pub, was suspected of having hired three men to murder her husband. She was tried by a jury of six men and six women, and found guilty on 11 April 2000 ^[4] after five days of deliberation, "a record in Irish legal history". ^[2] She was convicted for the murder and for soliciting three men (William McClean, Gerry Heapes and John Jones) to contract kill her husband. She maintained her innocence and had appealed on several occasions, without succeeding. ^[5]

Revival

The restaurant and pub remained closed for some time after the murder of Tom Nevin. In January 1998, Catherine Nevin sold the pub. ^[6]

References

1. "Jack White's History". Jack White's Inn Official Website.
2. "Wife jailed after marathon trial". BBC News. 12 April 2000.
3. O'Reilly, Rita (4 March 2000). "Staff 'sent home' on night of pub murder". Independent.
4. "Catherine Nevin begins life sentence". RTE. 11 April 2000.
5. Healy, Tim (28 November 2012). "'Black Widow' Nevin wants to state her innocence under oath". Independent.
6. Deegan, Gordon (9 July 2014). "Jack White's rings up €250k profits". Irish Examiner.

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