About Joseph Glynn
Lived 1869 – 1951 (aged 81). Joseph Glynn was a British and Irish historian, solicitor and writer.
Sir Joseph Aloysius Glynn (16 August 1869 – 6 March 1951) was an Irish politician, knight and historian.
Glynn was the son of John McMahon Glynn of Gort, County Galway. His older brother Patrick Glynn emigrated to Australia and became a government minister. Educated at Blackrock College, he became a solicitor in 1890. Nine years later he was elected to Galway County Council and acted as its chairman from 1902 to 1912.
Glynn served as chairman of the Natural Insurance Commissioners from 1911 to 1933.
He married Bride Donnellan, daughter of John O'Neil Donnellon, in 1894. After her death in 1921, he married her younger sister, Kate, in 1923. He died in 1951 in Dublin, aged 82.
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Who was Joseph Glynn?
Irish historian and politician
When was Joseph Glynn born?
Joseph Glynn was born on 16 August 1869.
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Joseph Glynn died on 6 March 1951.
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Joseph Glynn was a historian, solicitor and writer.
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Joseph Glynn was British and Irish.
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