On Saturday 09 August 2003 05:53, martin pi wrote:
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/rlynch/roots/lynch_name.html
The family settled initially in Co. Meath, and a branch then established itself in Galway, where they rapidly became one of the strongest of the Tribes of Galway; one of their number, James Lynch, mayor in 1493, is reputed to have hanged his own son for murder when no one else could be found to carry out the sentence.
i was there - they even have a memorial for him. bad bad word. martin
bad bad person you mean.
Thanks for the link - I never knew the origins of the word!
Larry