Example sentences for: grattan

How can you use “grattan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Grattan succeeded in having most of the penal laws against the Catholics repealed.

  • In 1782 an Irish parliament (Protestant) was formed in Dublin, largely through the energies of Henry Grattan, MP for the city.

  • The same kind of anxieties were expressed in the Sydney Morning Herald . Michelle Grattan wrote that without a clear exit timetable, Australia's relationship with Indonesia "will be seen through the Timor prism for years rather than months."

  • But the independent parliament was short-lived — against Grattan’s opposition, and through bribery and corruption, it voted to dissolve itself in 1800.

  • Henry’s, at the Henry Grattan lounge in Baggot Street, serves good food.


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