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==Notable people== [[File:Thoor Ballylee003(js).jpg|thumb|upright|Thoor Ballylee, near Gort, was restored and used as a summer home by [[W. B. Yeats]] ]] * [[Martin Coen]] (1933β1997), Irish priest and historian * [[Lady Gregory]] (1852β1932), lived at [[Coole Park]] * [[Aidan Harte]] (b. 1988), inter-county hurler * [[Eileen Huban]] (c. 1896β1935), actress from Gort, active in New York City * [[Robert Lahiffe]] (1909β1975), politician * [[Thomas Laughnan]] (1824β1864), recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], was born in Gort * [[Sylvie Linnane]] (b. 1956), All-Star hurler * [[Guaire Aidne mac ColmΓ‘in]] (d.663), the 7th century [[Kings of Connacht|King of Connacht]] * [[Colman mac Duagh]] (560β632), saint * [[Lisa McInerney]] (b. 1981), novelist and winner of the [[Women's Prize for Fiction]] * [[Paddy Glynn|Paddy McMahon Glynn]] (1855β1931), born in Gort, served variously as [[Attorney-General of Australia]], [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for External Affairs]] and [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Home Affairs]] * [[John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort]] (1742β1817), politician * [[Frank Quinn (cricketer)|Frank Quinn]] (1915β1996), first-class cricketer * [[Gerry Quinn (sportsman, born 1917)|Gerry Quinn]] (1917β1968), rugby international and first-class cricketer * [[Kevin Quinn (sportsman)|Kevin Quinn]] (1923β2002), rugby international and first-class cricketer * [[Jack Butler Yeats]] (1871β1957), painter who depicted scenes of everyday life in Gort * [[W. B. Yeats|William Butler Yeats]] (1865β1939), Nobel Laureate poet who renovated an old tower house near the town ([[Thoor Ballylee]]) and took up residence
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