However , there is also evidence from this era of the name continuing to be used as a source of pride for assertive Gaelic Irish people . An Irish language Jacobite poem written in the 1690s includes the following lines : " You Popish rogue " , " Cromwellian dog " Translation : " You Popish rogue " is not spoken but " Cromwellian dog " is our watchword , " Who goes there " does not provoke fear , " I am Tadhg " is the answer given Although the term has rarely been used in North America , a notable example of such use was when John Adams successfully defended the British Army soldiers responsible for the 1770 Boston Massacre by pleading to the jury that the soldiers were acting in self-defence against : ... most probably a motley rabble of saucy boys , negros and molattoes , Irish Teagues and outlandish jack tarrs . — And why we should scruple to call such a set of people a mob , I ca n't conceive , unless the name is too respectable for them : In the context of segregation in Northern Ireland and sectarianism in Glasgow , the term " Taig " , is used as a derogatory term for a Roman Catholic , used by Northern Irish Protestants and Ulster loyalists . In this sense it is used in a similar way to the word Fenian , but is more ethnic in terms of abuse against people of Gaelic descent than " Fenian " , which more commonly signifies Irish republican . Extremist loyalists have also used in graffiti slogans such as " Kill All Taigs " ( KAT ) and " All Taigs Are Targets "
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
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