Richard Gare Lynch

Richard Gare Lynch, Mayor of Galway, September 1529 - September 1530.

While leaving Galway on a voyage that became very profitable, Lynch fired a gun salute from his ship to a rock in Galway Bay, now thought to be Black Rock, Salthill. Because of the success of the voyage, the salute was repeated by his descendants over the next century.

References

History of Galway, James Hardiman, Galway, 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. OCLC 51023721 ASIN B003NECRYW
Martyn, Adrian (2016). The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642

Civic offices
Preceded by John Lynch fitz Andrew	Mayor of Galway 1529–1530	Succeeded by John Óge Kirwan

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