1.0Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas Na Gaillimhehttps://galwaycivictrust.ieDeclan O'Sheahttps://galwaycivictrust.ie/index.php/author/admin_iarla/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fqXLkJYL4S"><a href="https://galwaycivictrust.ie/index.php/tribes-of-galway/tribes-of-galway-lynch/">Tribes of Galway – Lynch</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://galwaycivictrust.ie/index.php/tribes-of-galway/tribes-of-galway-lynch/embed/#?secret=fqXLkJYL4S" width="600" height="338" title="“Tribes of Galway – Lynch” — Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas Na Gaillimhe" data-secret="fqXLkJYL4S" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://galwaycivictrust.ie/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://galwaycivictrust.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Lynch.jpg200267Motto: Semper fidelis (Always Faithful) Arguably the most influential of the Tribes, the Lynch family arrived in Ireland in 1185 with Sir Hugh de Lacy. The Galway family descended from William le Petit, who received grants in Westmeath. John de Lynch, the first settler in Galway, married into the Mareschall […]