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1. On the Election of Grattan (continued)

   

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   Some brightes assailants did terror reform, And rare out their nonsense in the lying nail, But after a calm, there comes always a storm, Such fictions and falsehoods can never prevail. 'Tis known these part ages, how basely we're treated, This Grattan declared with the heart of a lion. The wrongs of his country he loudly repeated. And bigots gave way on the Banks of the Boyne.

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2. Famous Men

   

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   One of the most famous men in East Cavan, during the last four decades of the nineteenth century was a James Lynch of Corravelis, Muff, Kingscourt. He was better known as James Tom Ruah. He gained renown in several countries as a wrestler, and it is said that he could take a bull off its feet with "the hand and foot."

   He took part in several challenge contests and was never beaten. He became blind in his declining years and died in Bailieboro Hospital towards the end of the first decade of the 20th century.

   Famous poets of Co Cavan in the 70's, 80's, and 90's of the 19th century were the late James Smyth of

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