Louis Dominick Lynch (1904 – 5 August 1976) was an

Irish nationalist Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state. Since the mid-19th century, Irish nationalism has largely taken the form of cu ...

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and newspaper owner. Born in

Omagh Omagh (; from ga, An Ómaigh , meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers River Drumragh, Drumragh and Camowen River, Camowen meet to form the River Strule, Strule. North ...

,''Ulster Herald'', August 1976 Lynch became managing director and owner of the ''

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'' series of newspapers. From 1949 until 1957, Lynch served as a Nationalist Party member of the

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.Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72
Northern Ireland Elections

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Louis 1904 births 1976 deaths Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1949–1953 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1953–1957 Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the Senate of Northern Ireland Newspaper executives People from Omagh