CO-BRGW-222

Record Date: 
22 November 2011
Graveyard: 
Brigown
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JEREMIAH LYNCH
ANGLESBORO
DIED JUNE 5.1914.
HIS WIFE MARY
DIED OCT.23.1937.
ALSO THEIR FAMILY
R.I.P.

Memorial Type: 
Plaque
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.259680833333
Longitude: 
-8.2635105555556
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Jeremiah
Surname: 
Lynch
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1914
Address: 
Anglesboro
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Lynch
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1937
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

These  are  the  parents  of  General  Liam  Lynch  1892-1923, a  leader  of  the  Anti - Treaty  IRA  forces during  the Irish  Civil War.

Liam  Lynch  was born  on  the  20th  Nov  1892  in  Baurnagurrahy,  Anglesborough,  Co,  Limerick. His siblings  included  John  Lynch,  Jeremiah,  Margaret,  Martin,  James  &  Thomas.  Their  mother  was  Mary  Kelly  who married  Jeremiah  Lynch  in  Ballylanders  RC ,  Co. Limerick  on  the  21st  Feb  1882.

Liam  Lynch  was  shot  and  wounded  by  Free  State  troops  in  the  Knockmealdown  mountains  on  the  10th  Apr  1923  and  died  later  in  St.  Joseph's  Hospital  in  Clonmel,  Co. Tipperary.  He  was interred  in  Kilcrumper  cemetery,  Lisnasallagh  near  Fermoy,  Co. Cork.