Arthur Lynch (Mayor), 22nd

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, died 20 November 1507. Lynch was a member of one of

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, and was notable as the first of the Mayors of the town to die in office. He was elected in August 1507 and sworn in the following month. The circumstances of his death were as follows: accompanied by his

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s, Anthony Lynch and William Joyce, he was making his way home from an inn in an intoxicated state when they fell off the town's Great West Bridge and drowned in the Corrib. It is not known who replaced him as mayor, but Stephen Lynch was Mayor of the term 1508–1509.

References

*''"History of Galway"'',

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, 1820 *''"Old Galway"'', Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 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 Year of birth missing 1507 deaths 16th-century Irish politicians 15th-century Irish politicians People of the Tudor period

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