Category: Ita’s World

Walter Lynch (1595-1663) was born into an Irish aristocratic family in the Clonfert parish town of Galway. His schooling began there but, as was common at the time, he was later sent to an Irish boarding school in Lisbon due to the Penal Code that limited Catholics to receive higher education at home.  He studied Theology in Paris where he was ordained a priest*, and received his doctorate from the Sorbonne. His family ascendants had held many mayoral posts…

Read More

Foreword by Michael Moller, Director-General, United Nations Headquarters, Geneva   Co-authored by two journalists with long international experience**, this book highlights the accomplishments and failures of a highly capable Irish patriot, journalist, diplomat and international statesman.  Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke only English, in 1929 Sean Lester became the Irish representative to the League of Nations in Geneva eventually succeeding to the post of its third and last Secretary-General. …

Read More