Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-19 | Page 3 | Jeremiah Lynch Well Known as Gaelic Scholar

JEREMIAH LYNCH WELL KNOWN AS GAELIC SCHOLAR NRW YORK, May 18. Jeremiah C. Lynch is a naturalized American citizen, it, was said today vby his friends in this city. Up to foiir years ago, when he returned to Ireland to engage in the insurance hhisiness in the citv of Cork, he was prominent in Irish circles here as president of the Philo-Celtic society and as a member of the State Celtic league. 1 wo years ago he returned to New York and spent six months here as representative rep-resentative of the Gaelic league from Ireland and has since heen in Ireland as representative of the Gaelic, league from the United States, lie is about 40 years old and first came to this country when he was 20. James Lee, paymaster of a large hotel ho-tel here, who knew Lynch intimate v, paid tonight Lynch was born in Cork and first came to this country about eighteen or nineteen vears ago. "As soon as possible after he first came over here,' he said, "Mr. Lynch obtained naturalization papers. When lie returned to 1 reland in 1907 it was as representative of the Gaelic league. Mr. Lynch came over here the Inst time in .February, 1014, in the interests of the league to collect funds for the support sup-port of the Gaelic educational work m Ireland. 11 n went back to Ireland in October, 1014, to continue his insurance business, as agent for an American company. com-pany. ' '