[citation needed] 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 first class 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.

After a falling out occurred over a particularly rich cargo of clandestine goods, Jack White was tried by some of his regular clients -high class gentlemen- and sentenced to death.

[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.

[5] She was convicted for the murder and for soliciting three men (William McClean, Gerry Heapes and John Jones) to contract kill her husband.