I am intrigued by your comment that in 1835 the year following his election as coroner Edward Gorman was "knocked from his horse and beaten" you say it had to do with election issues, do you know why he was attacked, was Mr Bunbury involved ?, Ron.

In 1835 having defeated Thomas C. Bunbury in the election for Coroner, Edward Gorman ( a catholic ) was elected with the help of Mr Kavanagh and the other gentry of the county, the following year Mr Kavanagh went forward for election to the British Parliament but Edward Gorman refused to give him his support. The Carlow Sentinel turned on Gorman, here is a report from June 1836 which reminds me of me auld uncle's saying " no good deed should go unpunished". Carlow Sentinel. June 1836. SHAMEFUL INGRATITUDE. - MR EDWARD GORMAN. Our readers will recollect that in the period of the contest for the Coronership of this county every gentleman came forward to help elect Mr Edward Gorman, who had nothing to recommend him so far as mental qualifications are concerned. Mr Kavanagh turned the election against Thomas C. Bunbury and it went in Mr Gorman's favour, by sending his tenantry AT HIS OWN EXPENSE to vote for Mr Gorman, and even travelled to Carlow himself to vote for him. Behold reader, Mr Gorman's gratitude ; he locked himself in his house, and never came forward to support by his vote, his generous benefactor, Mr Kavanagh. How true it is that in all the relations of life -- "NO FAITH IS TO BE KEPT WITH HERETICS" This is one of the most melancholy instances of ingratitude to be found on the records of contested elections, and will operate as a salutary warning to the gentry of this county, on whom they should in future bestow favours.-- Mr Gorman's brothers also absented themselves from voting and shamefully neglected their duty -- the Coroner is a public officer -- in future he will have to look to the Tinryland priest, Thomas Tyrrell for support. He can expect none from any other quarter. On 15 June 2013 22:48, ron medulison <ron_medulison@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I am intrigued by your comment that in 1835 the year following his > election as coroner Edward Gorman was "knocked from his horse and beaten" > you say it had to do with election issues, do you know why he was > attacked, was Mr Bunbury involved ?, > Ron. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >