Andrew Lynch (Mayor), 14th

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, died 25 March 1523. Lynch was a member of

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, and served the term 1498-1499. He is notable in that he attempted to connect the Corrib with Lough Atalia on the east of the town. The work was never completed and was afterwards referred to as 'Lynch's

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.' He was the Mayor who oversaw the first recorded

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in the town. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, Galway was engaged in a

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with

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. Merchants from the latter city were licensed by

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from

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to arrest any inhabitants of Galway found in Limerick and have their good impounded until an owed by Andrew Lynch fitz Stephen was paid. This was dated 1477 yet the dispute seems to have continued long after. Andrew is stated in a contemporary document to have died while under

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in March 1523. He married Eleanor Martin and had two known children,

John Lynch fitz Andrew John Lynch fitz Andrew, Mayor of Galway, September 1528-September 1529. Lynch was the son of Andrew Lynch (Mayor 1498–99) and Eleanor Martin. He had a brother, Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew, who served as Mayor from 1539 to 1540. During his term, la ...

and

Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew, Mayor of Galway, 1539–40. Lynch was a son of Andrew Lynch whose failed attempt to connect the lower Corrib with Lough Atalia in 1498 was called ''Lynch's Folly.'' Arthur died in office, though the date is not precis ...

. Both would serve as Mayors, for the terms 1528-1529 and 1539-1540 respectively.

References

*''History of Galway'',

James Hardiman James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...

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, 1820. *''Old Galway'',

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, 1942. *Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001''. Galway: Galway City Council. * Martyn, Adrian (2016). ''The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642'' Mayors of Galway 15th-century births 1523 deaths Year of birth missing People of the Tudor period 15th-century Irish politicians 16th-century Irish businesspeople 15th-century mayors

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