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John Lynch (Fenian)

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22: 90:. At his sentencing, John disputed the testimony of John Warner, saying he had never learned to use a rifle and said "If, having served my country honestly and sincerely be treason, I am not ashamed of it. I am now prepared to receive any punishment British law can inflict on me." Both defendants were sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. 65:
on 10 March 1863 was an occasion for loyalist celebrations in Cork. Houses and shops had their windows illuminated. This increased nationalistic unrest, with windows being smashed and the mayor being roughly handled. Several rioters were prosecuted, including Lynch and
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as their legal counsel. The charges were "in one indictment with having conspired to depose the Queen, &c., and with illegally drilling and being drilled in furtherance of that design". Lynch was accused of being a captain (denoted as "B") in the
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He was again arrested in Sept 1865, as part of the general purge of Fenian leaders, based on information provided by John Warner, an ex-military pensioner. The trial of John Lynch and co-defendant
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hospital, Surrey, where he died on 2 June 1866 recordedly aged 34. He is commemorated on the National Memorial in the city of Cork and at
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movement. He organised nationalist celebrations on St. Patrick's night 1862 at the Athenaeum club, Cork. Lynch worked as an accountant.
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Fenianism - Transmission of Fenian Convicts; The Belfast News-Letter, Thursday, 18 January 1866; CMSIED 201167
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John Sarsfield Casey, "The Galtee Boy: A Fenian Prison Narrative" University College Dublin Press, 2005
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Rossa's Recollections, 1838 to 1898: Memoirs of an Irish Revolutionary, Rossa O'Donovan
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Recollections of an Irish rebel, John Devoy, Irish University Press, 1969
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Description of 10 March 1863 riot in The Tablet, Page 12, 21 March 1863
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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 677, 12 January 1866, Page 6
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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 647, 8 December 1865, Page 5
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Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier 18 September 1865
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http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/getPDF.php?memorialID=263
201:"Speeches from the Dock" by T. D., A.M., and D. B. Sullivan 50:John was very active in the early days of the Cork 219:The Brisbane Courier, Thursday 22 February 1866 70:. Both were acquitted due to lack of evidence. 163: 161: 8: 169:"NGA.ie - Graves - Fenians - James Moutaine" 315:Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood 57:The marriage of the Prince of Wales (later 180: 178: 93:In January 1866, he was transferred from 196: 194: 192: 214: 212: 210: 208: 118: 325:19th-century deaths from tuberculosis 7: 39:. He was a resident of the city of 77:starting on 18 December 1865 with 14: 35:(c. 1832 − 2 June 1866) was an 330:Tuberculosis deaths in England 1: 43:and an alleged member of the 84:Irish Republican Brotherhood 45:Irish Republican Brotherhood 25:Memorial Plaque to Lynch at 154:17 March 1863 vol 169 c1552 346: 109:, UK where he is buried. 320:People from Cork (city) 29: 288:11 March 2014 at the 24: 63:Alexandra of Denmark 246:10 May 2013 at the 107:Brookwood Cemetery 99:Pentonville Prison 30: 27:Brookwood Cemetery 37:Irish nationalist 337: 270: 265: 259: 256: 250: 238: 232: 227: 221: 216: 203: 198: 187: 182: 173: 172: 165: 156: 150: 144: 141: 135: 132: 126: 123: 345: 344: 340: 339: 338: 336: 335: 334: 295: 294: 290:Wayback Machine 279: 274: 273: 266: 262: 257: 253: 248:Wayback Machine 239: 235: 228: 224: 217: 206: 199: 190: 183: 176: 167: 166: 159: 151: 147: 142: 138: 133: 129: 124: 120: 115: 95:Mountjoy Prison 68:James Mountaine 17: 12: 11: 5: 343: 341: 333: 332: 327: 322: 317: 312: 307: 297: 296: 293: 292: 278: 277:External links 275: 272: 271: 260: 251: 233: 222: 204: 188: 174: 157: 145: 136: 127: 117: 116: 114: 111: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 342: 331: 328: 326: 323: 321: 318: 316: 313: 311: 308: 306: 303: 302: 300: 291: 287: 284: 281: 280: 276: 269: 264: 261: 255: 252: 249: 245: 242: 237: 234: 231: 226: 223: 220: 215: 213: 211: 209: 205: 202: 197: 195: 193: 189: 186: 181: 179: 175: 170: 164: 162: 158: 155: 149: 146: 140: 137: 131: 128: 122: 119: 112: 110: 108: 104: 103:Woking Prison 100: 96: 91: 89: 85: 80: 76: 71: 69: 64: 60: 55: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 28: 23: 19: 305:1830s births 263: 254: 236: 225: 148: 139: 130: 121: 97:, Dublin to 92: 88:tuberculosis 75:Brian Dillon 72: 56: 49: 32: 31: 18: 16:Irish Fenian 310:1866 deaths 299:Categories 113:References 79:Isaac Butt 59:Edward VII 33:John Lynch 152:Hansard, 286:Archived 244:Archived 61:) and 52:Fenian 41:Cork 301:: 207:^ 191:^ 177:^ 160:^ 47:. 171:.

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Brookwood Cemetery
Irish nationalist
Cork
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Fenian
Edward VII
Alexandra of Denmark
James Mountaine
Brian Dillon
Isaac Butt
Irish Republican Brotherhood
tuberculosis
Mountjoy Prison
Pentonville Prison
Woking Prison
Brookwood Cemetery
17 March 1863 vol 169 c1552


"NGA.ie - Graves - Fenians - James Moutaine"


New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 647, 8 December 1865, Page 5



"Speeches from the Dock" by T. D., A.M., and D. B. Sullivan

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