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.

Joseph Glynn (politician)

Glynn served as chairman of the Natural Insurance Commissioners from 1911 to 1933. He was knighted in 1915. While President of the Irish Council of St. Vincent de Paul, he was admitted to the Order of St. Gregory the Great. He was also a leading member of An Ríoghacht.

Joseph Glynn (politician)

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.

Joseph Glynn (politician)

Bibliography

Knockmoy Abbey, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, xxiv, 1904

Life of Matt Talbot, Catholic Truth Society, Dublin, 1927

Beatha Mhartin Talboid 1856–1927, 1935

Further reading

Galway Authors, Helen Mahar, 1976

References

Politicians from County Galway

1869 births

1951 deaths

Members of Galway County Council

People educated at Blackrock College

21st-century Irish historians

Knights Bachelor