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Emmet

Dr. Robert Emmet.
He mar 1760 to Elizabeth Mason [descendant of Edward III].
Town house at 124-125 St.Stephen's Green W, Dublin.
They had issue:

1. Thomas Addis Emmet,
   United Irishman, born 1764.
   See wikipedia.
   He was an associate of Harman Blennerhassett (they were at TCD together).
   He was jailed at start of 1798 Rising.
   Released 1802.
   Had to leave Ireland for good after his brother's failed rising 1803.
   Lived New York.
   He died 1827, age 63 yrs.
   He was bur St Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, East Village, New York City.
   He had issue:
   1. John Patten Emmet,
      had issue:
      1. Thomas Addis Emmet, born 1828.
         MD, of New York.
         He died 1919.

   
   

2. Robert Emmet,
   "The Patriot",
   born 1778, family home, 124-125 St.Stephen's Green W, Dublin.
   See wikipedia.
   He descends from Blennerhassett and Edward III.
   He led a failed insurrection in 1803.
   He was executed on Thomas St, Dublin, 1803, age 25 yrs.

Robert Emmet, 1803.
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References

• EMMET in [Burkes Irish, 1976, p.387]
• EMMET in [Burkes LG]
• Royal Descent of Emmet in [Roberts, 2008]

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"Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written."
- Robert Emmet's speech from the dock.

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• The Emmet house on St.Stephen's Green W is now demolished, as is that whole side of the green. It is now the site of Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.
• There is a statue to Emmet in St.Stephen's Green opposite.
• There is a pub "The Robert Emmet" at his execution site.