Fulbright Lecture: Genealogy of Anglo-Norman Lynches who Settled in Galway.

The genealogy of the Anglo-Norman Lynches who settled in Galway


BACKGROUND: 2005 RETIREMENT

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GENEALOGY/FAMILY HISTORY 2005-2009

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SURNAME: McNULTY, McHUGH, FALLON, CONNEELY

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CONNEELYS of LETTERMULLEN (5 GENERATIONS)

NICHOLAS LYNCH ESQ of BARNA (LANDLORD, 1829)

DIPLOMA PROJECT 2008-09.

http://bkwin.org/

https://www.academia.edu/5850879/Lettermullen_and_the_Conneelys_The_Integration_of_Local_and_Family_Histories

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/


1169: ANGLO-NORMAN INVASION (STRONGBOW).

LORDSHIP of IRELAND ESTABLISHED by HENRY II,

NORMAN KING of ENGLAND.

GENERAL ANDREW de LYNCH – CNOC an LOINSIGH

1227: CONNAUGHT GRANTED to RICHARD de BURGH.

GALWAY PLANTED with ANGLO-NORMANS

1274: THOMAS de LYNCH, PROVOST of GALWAY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill,_County_Meath

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rulers_and_Officers_of_Galway_1230%E2%80%931485


OBJECTIVE: Track ANGLO-NORMAN LYNCHES from 1169.

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SOURCES and REPOSITORIES

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GRO; NLI; ARCHIVES;

FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES; HISTORICAL;

REGISTRY of DEEDS; VALUATION; PORTRAITS.

http://timeline.ie/general-register-office/

http://www.nli.ie/

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/introduction-to-genealogy/

http://www.rootsireland.ie/

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/digital-books-by-county/galway/hardiman-the-history-of-t/

http://www.prai.ie/registry-of-deeds-services/#ourservices

http://www.valoff.ie/en/Archives_Genealogy_Public_Office/

http://www.nationalgallery.ie/Collection


AOIFE married STRONGBOW in WATERFORD, 1170, NGI.


1312: GREAT GATE BUILT by NICHOLAS LYNCH.

1485: PETER LYNCH, 1ST

MAYOR of GALWAY (RICHARD III).

(More than 80 Lynch Mayors of Galway from 1485 through 1654.)

c.1538: HENRY VIII First ENGLISH KING of IRELAND,

ORDERED GALWEGIANS: to SHAVE their “OVER-LIPS,”

GROW HAIR to COVER their EARS,

WEAR ENGLISH-STYLE CLOTHS

and LEARN to SPEAK ENGLISH.

http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/LiberA/html/LiberA.html


THOMAS LYNCH─Bridget Marshal, m. 1280 (10 G)

│

JAMES

│

THOMAS

│

JOHN

│

THOMAS

│

HENRY │

ARTHUR (d. c. 1530, m. JANETTA) │

MAYOR STEPHEN (d. 1579, 2 SONS) │

NICHOLAS, MAYOR, 1584 (8 SONS)

│

HENRY, 1st Bt, (d. 1634)─Elizabeth Martin (5 S, 4 D)

http://www.thepeerage.com/p14378.htm#i143779


LYNCH’S CASTLE, GALWAY, c.1500

Built of limestone in the Irish gothic style noted for its elaborate decorative style. Bearing the arms of Henry VII and Lynch family,

now AIB bank at Shop and Abbeygate Streets. Art Cosgrove, A New History of Ireland. Vol.2, Medieval Ireland 1169-1534.


FUNERAL ENTRY STEPHEN LYNCH (d.1636 Recorder, Galway)

RECORDER. Originally: a magistrate or judge having criminal and civil jurisdiction in a city, state, or borough (now hist.).

http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529291#page/1/mode/1up


GALWAY, Capital of Connaught, Kingdom of Ireland c. 1651

"From the Ferocious O Flaherty's O Lord deliver us"

http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/citymap/


1622: HENRY LYNCH, 1ST

BARONET, MP (JAMES I).

ROBUCK LYNCH, 2nd

Bt, MAYOR, MP,

m. ELLIS FRENCH (6 SONS, 7 DAUGHTERS)

1641 REBELLION

(“OLD ENGLISH” more IRISH than IRISH THEMSELVES)

Hiberniores Hibernis ipsis

c.1652: EXPELLED from GALWAY CITY by CROMWELLIANS.

HENRY LYNCH 3rd

Bt, BARON EXCHEQUER

1690: “ATTAINTED” of TREASON, FLED to FRANCE.


(The Gentleman’s Magazine, 14 JAN 1749)

“ROBERT LYNCH, ESQ., ELDEST SON of SIR HENRY LYNCH,

(5th

) BARONET, of CASTLE CARRA (Co Mayo) IRELAND, to

MISS ELIZABETH BARKER, DAUGHTER and sole HEIRESS to

the late FRANCIS BARKER of SIBTON, SUFFOLK - £50,000.”

ELIZABETH BARKER also INHERITED

the FORTUNE of her UNCLE, TOBIAS BLOSSE.

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT

ROBERT to ADOPT the SURNAME, LYNCH-BLOSSE,

and CONFORM to PROTESTANTISM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentleman%27s_Magazine


HENRY LYNCH-BLOSSE, MP SIBELLA COTTLE

7th

Bt (1749-1788)

http://www.jstor.org/stable/25511960?seq=40#page_scan_tab_contents

http://books.google.ie/books?id=gXEVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false


Pedigree of Sir Harry Lynch-Blosse, 7th

Bt in Spellbound by Sibella by Paul B McNulty, 2013.


LYNCH-BLOSSES (up to c. 1909) Athavallie house, Balla,c.1800-1909, Irish Architectural. Archive

LYNCHES of CLOGHER, Claremorris, c.1798-1860s, Irish Architectural Archive

.

BLOSSE-LYNCHES of PARTRY, Ballinrobe, 1667, Irish Times, 1990 (SHEILA).


RICHARD HELY LYNCH-BLOSSE with his Mother,

ELIZABETH PAYNE, his Sister, CAROLINE,

and Father, DAVID EDWARD LYNCH-BLOSSE, 16th

Bt.


BROTHERSKEEPER.COM ∑2710 PEOPLE

ANGLO-NORMAN: (Bodkin, Browne, French, Skerrett) – 1653

(For JAMES son of Thomas Lynch, 23 Generations (G)

STANISLAUS LYNCH – 93 (13 Generations)

Michael → ANA ‘Ortiz’ LYNCH → CHE GUEVARA – 36 (10G)

Wm Lynch → MATILDA BLAKE → BRAM STOKER – 33 (9G)

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GAELIC: FALLON (6G), McHUGH (5G), McNULTY (5G) – 57

http://www.bkwin.net/


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INTERNET VIEWS on Academia.edu (One year)

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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 157

MAINLAND EUROPE (SPAIN 33/FRANCE 25…) 102

(ARGENTINA 17/BRAZIL 17/SOUTH AFRICA 13…) 81


1. GENEALOGICAL

ANGLO-NORMAN LYNCHES tracked through 8 centuries.

GAELIC LYNCHES (Ó Loinsigh); GENETIC PROFILING?

ANCESTRY.COM; DNA; GENETIC MAPPING.

2. POLITICAL

ANGLO-NORMANS more IRISH than IRISH.

3. LITERARY

STORIES linked to LYNCHES (Historical Novels and Plays).

http://www.ancestry.com/

http://www.irishorigenes.com/store/irish-clan-territories-map

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnW2NAfPIA2KUipZ_PlUlw


http://paul-mcnulty.com/; [email protected].

http://paul-mcnulty.com/

mailto:[email protected]


ARMS for LYNCH (Galway)

Arms. Azure, a chevron, between three trefoils, slipped.

Crest. A Lynx, passant, argent.

1622: ARMS for HENRY LYNCH, Galway, 1st Bt,

Nec temere, nec timide (‘Neither rashly, nor timidly’).

1814: ARMS for Count JEAN BAPTISTE LYNCH, Bordeaux,

Semper fidelis (‘Always faithful’). THOMAS BLAKE / BARONET

MAYOR / ANNO DOM 1637.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lynch


MARCUS LYNCH fitz WILLIAM and

JAMES LYNCH fitz STEPHEN, SHERIFFS

THOMAS LYNCH RECORDER. Galway Corporation Statute Book 1485-1709, NUI Galway; More than 80 Lynch Mayors of Galway from 1485 through 1654


MRS KELLY, c.1820, daughter of NICHOLAS LYNCH of BARNA, Co

GALWAY, wears a HIGH-WAISTED DRESS

with a LOW, V-SHAPED DÉCOLLETAGE,

SHORT SLEEVES with unusual MUSLIN UNDERSLEEVES and a

GOTHIC LACEBAND at the NECK. (NGI 1270).


SUMMARY: 1169 ANGLO-NORMAN INVASION.

1274: THOMAS de LYNCH, PROVOST OF GALWAY.

1622: HENRY LYNCH, 1st BARONET, MP (JAMES I).

1641: REBELLION: ROBUCK LYNCH, 2nd

Bt, MP.

1749: ROBERT LYNCH-(BLOSSE) 6th

Bt, CONFORMS.

c. 1909: ROBERT LYNCH-BLOSSE 12th

Bt, LEAVES MAYO.

Fulbright Lecture: Genealogy of Anglo-Norman Lynches who Settled in Galway.

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