Martin Glynn (10 November 1729 – 20 July 1794) last

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of the

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. Glynn was born in the Diocese of Tuam, his native place given as ''"Boffin"'' (probably

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) and his parents as Denis Glynn and Honora Hosty. He was educated for the priesthood at the Irish seminary and

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. In 1753 he received the degree of master of arts (from the

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) and was in 1775 appointed superior of the Irish college in the city. In 1780 Dr. Glynn traveled around Ireland and Britain fundraising for the College. During the

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, the college was seized by a

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mob. The students were sent home but Glynn remained in the city and continued his priestly ministry without renouncing allegiance to the Pope, as demanded by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. In July 1794 he was found celebrating

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in a private house and given a perfunctory trial. The judgment was ''" as Glynn, the non-conforming priest, has tried to escape the law of deportation, and must be ranked as an

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and enemy of the Revolution, it is ordered that the death sentence be carried out in his case."'' He was

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d in Bordeaux on 20 July 1794.

References

* ''Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in France'', Richard Hayes,

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