Peirce Lynch
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Peirce Lynch was the first Mayor of Galway.
The son of John Lynch fitz Edmond and a brother of Dominick Dubh Lynch, Peirce became the first Mayor of Galway in August 1485, being succeeded by his brother Dominck in August 1486. Namesakes who served as Mayor included Peirce Lynch fitz Oliver (1573-74, 1577-78) and Peirce Lynch fitz John Oge (1615-17), though it is not known with certainty if either of these men were his descendants.
His father, Edmond Lynch, was Sovereign of Galway in the years 1434 and 1443. Their earliest known ancestor, William de Lynch, was the earliest recorded Provost of Galway, in 1185.
Descendants of the family continued to hold office regularly up to 1654. Angela Lynch, who served two terms as Mayor ending in 2001, was the eighty-fourth bearer of the name to serve as Mayor of Galway.
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