"The Lynch Mob"
I always had a passion to
record the history of my Mother’s Irish Lynch family and
now that it’s complete it is my pleasure to hand it on to
my children and any other interested family members. As
the years pass by it is my hope that this book of our
history will be passed onto future generations.
From the death certificates
of my Great Grandparents Patrick and Margaret Lynch, I
learnt that they both came from the Parish of Knockbride
in County Cavan Ireland. This information gave me a
starting point and the desire to research and breath life
into them once more. I believe those that have passed
before us would approve of me passing on their family
stories, putting flesh on their bones and making them live
again. The Lynchs of County Cavan transpired to be the
most difficult of all branches of my family tree to trace.
Persistence over many years has enabled me to locate
enough information to bring our Lynch ancestors to life
and introduce them to future generations. We can have
pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish, and
respect their hardships and losses, their never giving up
or giving in and their resourcefulness in building a life
for their families.
Ireland’s early records
suffered great losses with fire and bombings over the
years. Adding to the problems of finding records, was the
tradition of secrecy were people were reluctant or unable
to commit themselves to paper, plus sheer carelessness,
and the ravages of time. All of the above made research
frustrating and sometimes impossible.
As we all know Ireland is a
country that has been plagued with unrest and still is to
this day. It was not my intension to go into the depths of
Ireland’s history, but felt it necessary to included a
time line of events over the centuries. My aim was to
trace the lives and times of our Irish and to gain
knowledge of where they lived in Ireland, and some of the
important historical events that would have affected their
lives over the decades. Next step was to trace the lives
of our ancestors (my Great Grandparents) Patrick and
Margaret Lynch nee Maguire. They made the momentous
decision to leave their families, and their homeland, to
sail into the wild blue yonder to a land on the other side
of the world, not knowing what to expect when they
eventually got there. It’s thanks to this couple that we
share the freedom and lifestyle of this beautiful country
Australia.
It has been a fascinating
exercise endeavouring to follow the lives of our Lynchs in
Australia up until the year 2005. We all have a story to
tell, one day someone somewhere will be interested to know
who we were and what we did with our lives.
‘THE LYNCH MOB’ Ireland to
Daylesford & Beyond, began with me writing my own
biography and memories, and that of my parents and
grandparents. Having been a Genealogist for eighteen years
I’d collected information on many branches of the Lynch
family in Australia and back to 1700’s in Ireland, as well
as material on all connecting spouse families. I have
constructed this book in a time line starting in Ireland.
I have also included information on the husbands and wives
of each Lynch in the book, fore without the spouses we
wouldn’t be here and their ancestry is as important as the
Lynchs.
It was with love and caring,
and writing all the facts I’ve found of our ancestors, and
our own existence, that I tell the story of this my Lynch
family.
Barb's China Painting
Gallery
Lynch Family
