John Lynch (Irish Historian)
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John Lynch (pseudonym: Gratianus Lucius; – ) was an Irish
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, known as a
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and
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.


Life

He was born into a
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family at
Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
, probably in 1599; according to tradition his father was Alexander Lynch, a schoolmaster. He was educated by the
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, and became a secular priest about 1622. He celebrated
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in secret, and in private houses; and kept a school.''
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'', Lynch, John (1599?–1673?), Irish historian, by Thompson Cooper. Published 1893.
He was appointed archdeacon of Tuam, and lived in the old castle of
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir; anglicised as Rory O'Conor) ( – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and High King of Ireland from 1166 to 1198. He was the last High King of Ire ...
. He was a friend of
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius ( fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histo ...
. On the surrender of Galway to the
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in 1652 he left for France; some of his works were printed at St. Malo. Lynch died in France.


Works

He was the author of: * A translation into Latin of
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's ‘History of Ireland,’ manuscript. * ‘Cambrensis Eversus, sive potius Historica Fides in Rebus Hibernicis Giraldo Cambrensi abrogata; in quo plerasque justi historici dotes desiderari, plerosque nævos inesse, ostendit Gratianus Lucius, Hibernus, qui etiam aliquot res memorabiles Hibernicas veteris et novæ memoriæ passim e re nata huic operi inseruit. Impress. An. MDCLXII’ t. Malo? Dedicated to Charles II. Translated from the Latin, with notes and observations by
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, Dublin, 1795. Lynch defends the cessation of 1643, the peace of 1646 and 1648, condemns the nuncio, and approves the general policy of Ormonde. An edition of this work, with an English translation and notes, by
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, was printed for the Celtic Society, 3 vols. Dublin, 1848–52. * ‘Epistle to M. Boileau, Historian of the University of Paris, on the subject of Scottish Antiquities,’ 1664. Printed in
Roderic O'Flaherty Roderick O'Flaherty (; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian. Biography He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate. O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, and the last recognised Chief of ...
's ‘Ogygia vindicated,’ Dublin, 1775. * ‘Alithinologia, sive veridica Reponsio ad Invectivam, Mendaciis, falaciis, calumniis, & imposturis fœtam in plurimos Antistites, Proceres, & omnis ordinis Hibernos a R. P. R chardoF rralC ppucinoCongregationi de Propaganda Fide, Anno Domini 1659, exhibitam. Eudoxio Alithinologo authore. Impress. An. MDCLXIV’ t. Omer?* ‘Supplementum Alithinologiæ, quod partes invectivæ in Hibernos cusæ in Alithinologia non oppugnatas evertit’ t. Omer?1667, 4to. This and the preceding treatise attacked Richard Ferral, an Irish Capuchin friar, who had in 1658 presented a disloyal piece in manuscript to the
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as a direction for them in the government of church affairs in Ireland, tending to renew the divisions between the ‘meer antient Irish’ and the English-Irish settled there since the reign of Henry II. Ferral's composition was entitled ‘Ad Sacram Congregationem de Propagandâ Fide. Hic authores et Modus eversionis Catholicæ Religionis in Hiberniâ recensētur, et aliquot remedia pro conservandis reliquiis Catholicæ Religionis et Gentis proponuntur.’ * Latin poem, written about 1667, in reply to the question ‘Cur in patriam non redis?’ Edited by
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 ...
, and printed in the ‘Miscellany of the Irish Archæological Society,’ i. 90–8. * ‘Pii Antistitis Icon, sive de Vita et Morte Rmi D. Francisci Kirovani, Alladensis Episcopi,’ St. Malo, 1669. This life of
Francis Kirwan Francis Kirwan (1589–1661) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop of Killala. Life Kirwan was born in the town of Galway to Matthew Kirwan and Juliana Lynch, both members of The Tribes of Galway. He was educated on the continent, returning to Ir ...
, who was Lynch's uncle, was reprinted at Dublin in 1848, with a translation and notes by
Charles Patrick Meehan Charles Patrick Meehan (12 July 1812 – 14 March 1890) was an Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor. Life Meehan was born at 141 Great Britain Street, Dublin, on 12 July 1812. He received his early education at Ballymahon, County Lon ...
, who published a second edition in 1884.


Notes


Sources

* ''John Lynch of Galway (c. 1599-1677): his career, exile and writing'', by Rene d’Ambrieres & Eamon Ó Ciosáin, in ''Journal of the
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'', Vol. 55, 2003. * ''The Tribes of Galway:1124-1642'', Adrian Martyn, Galway, 2016.


External links


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