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2 unusual facts about Grattan


Freemans

The credit proposition was also giving Freemans a USP that wasn't available on the High Street, and perhaps the primary reason catalogue shops such as Grattan, Littlewoods, Empire Stores etc..

Grattan, Minnesota

Grattan is an unincorporated community in Grattan Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.


Alberta Nichols

"A Love Like Ours" considered by Virginia Grattan to be one of the best songs of the duo, was in the film "Two Girls and a Sailor" starring Van Johnson and June Allyson.

C. Hartley Grattan

In 1942 Grattan was forced to resign as Economic Analyst to the American Board of Economic Warfare when Representatives Martin Dies, Jr. and Jerry Voorhis accused him of being both a Nazi and Communist sympathizer; allegations that were withdrawn by Voorhis a short time later.

Carlton Gardens Primary School

It is located at 215 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria, between Grattan and Pelham streets, overlooking the Carlton Gardens.

Darren Roach

He played in his first and only World Curling Tour event with the Grattan team when they played in the 2012 Curling Masters Champéry.

Edward Dorins

The Dorins's house was raided by Auxiliaries in February 1921 and he was beaten up and thrown into the Liffey at the Grattan Bridge.

Grattan Bridge

The bridge was reopened as Grattan Bridge in 1874, being named after Henry Grattan MP (1746-1820).

Grattan Township, Michigan

Grattan Township was established in 1846, and named in honor of the great Irish orator and politician Henry Grattan.

Henry Grattan Guinness

His son Dr. Henry Grattan Guinness (1861–1915) founded the Congo-Balolo Mission in 1888 and co-founded the Congo Reform Association in 1904.

James O'Halloran

Grattan, Lord Charlemont, Ponsonby, Plunkett, and a few patriots, continued to protest against the sale of the liberties and free Constitution of Ireland.

John Lawrence Grattan

John Lawrence Grattan (1830? – August 19, 1854) was a mid-19th century US Cavalry officer, whose poor judgement and inexperience led to the Grattan massacre, which was a major instigator for the First Sioux War.

Kingdom of Ireland

Parliament in this period came to be known as Grattan's Parliament, after the principal Irish leader of the period, Henry Grattan.

Louis Cullen

Cullen considered that the decline was inevitable, given the new steam-powered industrial revolution, and would have happened even if no union had occurred, and if Grattan's parliament had managed to secure a high level of Irish autonomy.

Protestant Ascendancy

The formation of the Irish Volunteers to defend Ireland from French invasion during the American Revolution effectively gave Grattan a military force, and he was able to force Britain to concede a greater amount of self-rule to the Ascendancy.

Silas Wheeler

His son, Grattan Henry Wheeler, named for Silas' rescuer Henry Grattan, served as a U.S. Representative from New York.

Sir John Esmonde, 16th Baronet

Sir John Henry Grattan Esmonde, 16th Baronet of the Esmonde baronets, (27 June 1928 – 16 May 1987) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.

Thomas Dromgoole

In 1813 he made some vigorous speeches on the subject, overthrowing Grattan's contention in the House of Commons that the veto was approved in Ireland, and materially contributing to the temporary defeat of the Catholic Emancipation Bill.


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