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Sir Henry Lynch, 1st Baronet (died 1635) was an Irish baronet, knight, lawyer, and land agent (i.e. estate manager). Lynch was among the first of his family to become a lawyer, and several of his younger sons followed him into this profession, as did, under his influence, Patrick D'Arcy, Richard Martyn, and Geoffrey Browne as well as many of the later generations of the Tribes of Galway.
Richard Gare Lynch, Mayor of Galway, September 1529 - September 1530. While leaving Galway on a voyage that became very profitable, Lynch fired a gun salute from his ship to a rock in Galway Bay, now thought to be Black Rock, Salthill. Because of the success of the voyage, the salute was repeated by his descendants over the next century.
The Lynch Baronetcy of Galway – which later became Lynch-Blosse Baronetcy – is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 8 June 1622 for Henry Lynch, a member of an Anglo-Norman family and one of the merchant Tribes of Galway. [4] Both he and the second Baronet represented County Galway in the Irish House of Commons.
Dominick Dubh Lynch (died 14 August 1508), was the second Mayor of Galway. [1] A member of The Tribes of Galway, Lynch was instrumental in securing the Mayoralty for Galway from Richard III, his brother Peirce becoming the town's first Mayor in September 1485. He himself served as Mayor 1486–87, and 1497–98.
This category is for the Lynch family of Galway, Ireland, a powerful merchant family that was part of the Tribes of Galway. Many members of this family served as Mayors of Galway. A branch of this family was elevated to the baronetage, as the Lynch baronets of Galway. Another branch became prominent in politics and culture in Argentina.
Dominick Lynch (fl. 1580–1581) was mayor of Galway, Ireland. Lynch was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway and his term occurred during the Mac an Iarla Wars (Mac an Iarla means the Earl's sons , i.e., Earl of Clanricarde and Earl of Thomond ) which devastated much of County Galway from about 1570– about 1584.
Lynch Memorial Window, Galway. A legend states that James Lynch, during his term as mayor, sentenced his son to death for "broken trust" and murder of "a stranger", and personally hanged him from a window of his own house. The earliest extant account was written by a Spanish Dominican in 1674. James Mitchell argues that the story is a pure myth ...
Thomas Lynch, son of Ambrose Lynch, was elected Mayor of Galway in August 1654, while the town was occupied by British forces in the aftermath of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Following a request by the occupiers, the Lord Deputy issued orders to have the power of holding council removed from the Catholics of Galway. This was implemented ...