Robuck Lynch, sixth Mayor of Galway

Mayor of Galway

The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The Council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area which is the city of Galway – the largest city in the province of Connacht, in the Republic of Ireland. The office was originally established by a...

, 1489-1490.

Along with the first two Mayors (Peirce Lynch

Peirce Lynch

Peirce Lynch, alias Peter Lynch, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1485-1486.The son of John Lynch fitz Edmond and a brother of Dominick Dubh Lynch and a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, Peirce became the first Mayor of Galway in August 1485, being succeeded by his brother Dominck in August 1486...

 and Dominick Dubh Lynch

Dominick Dubh Lynch

Dominick Dubh Lynch, died 14 August 1508, second Mayor of Galway.A member of The Tribes of Galway, Lynch was instrumental in securing the Mayoralty for Galway from Richard III, his brother Peirce becoming the town's fist Mayor in September 1485. He himself served as Mayor 1486-87, and 1497-98.His...

, Robuck is believed to have been a son of John Lynch, who was father to Nicholas and John Lynch

John Lynch

John H. Lynch is the 80th and current Governor of New Hampshire. Lynch was first elected in 2004 and has been re-elected every two years since. On September 15, 2011, Lynch announced he would not seek a fifth two-year term in 2012....

. This demonstrates the hold that the Lynch family held on the town's Mayoralty from the very first years of its creation. He appeared in the will of Pierce Lynch in 1507 and appears to have been the same man elected Mayor in 1501.