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Galway - Lynch Memorial Window
According to local tradition, the mayor of Galway, James Lynch FitzStephen, hanged his son from the window of his home in 1493. Lynch's son had murdered a Spainish man in the ...
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Lynch Memorial,Monuments in Galway. Find all Galway Travel and Tourist information in Ireland
The Lynch Memorial is situated near the Church of St Nicholas in the form of a black marble stone over a built-up Gothic doorway. It commemorates the - stern and unbending justice - of James Lynch Fitzstephen, Mayor of Galway in 1493, who found his own son Walter guilty of murdering a Spanish visito...
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Lynch Memorial (The) City Centre (Galway) Galway Republic of Ireland Site of a family tragedy in 1493
The Lynch Memorial near the Church of St Nicholas is a black marble stone over a built-up Gothic portal.It is believed that it was from this portal that Mayor James Lynch Fitzstephen, hanged his own son Walter in 1493. Walter apparently murdered a visiting Spaniard because he made eyes at Walter's l...
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05 Lynch Memorial Window, Galway, Ireland
In 1493 James Lynch was mayor of Galway and accordingly to legend, he found his own son guilty of murdering a visiting Spaniard. The son, Walter, was a popular young man and none of the townspeople were willing to perform the execution, so Lynch acted as the hangman himself. This gave the verb to �l...
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Touring Galway - History and Sights
Across from St. Nicholas itself is the Lynch Memorial Window which was placed to honor James Lynch. Certainly one of the Galway's more obsessive lovers, James was one of the many Lynch mayors as well as a wine merchant whose fortunes were built through trade with Spain. When he learned that his reck...
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