Nicholas Lynch (c. 1590-1634), Dominican priest and prior of Galway. Lynch was a member of Galway's most powerful merchant family - his father was Nicholas Lynch fitz Stephen, and his brothers were Sir Henry Lynch, 1st Baronet (agent of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde and recorder of Galway) and Dr. Thomas Lynch (Mayor of Galway 1625-26). He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Lisbon, and Salamanca University. Returning to Galway in 1621, he was permitted by the Dominican master general to travel in 1623 to Spain, where he used ransom money paid to Zidan el Nasir, which secure the release of Anthony Lynch (STM) from slavery in Morocco.