Background
Lynch, Thomas was born on September 27, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Fionan and Bridget (Slattery) Lynch.
Lynch, Thomas was born on September 27, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Fionan and Bridget (Slattery) Lynch.
Doctor of Medicine, University Ireland, 1946.
Intern Richmond Hospital, Dublin, 1946-1947. House officer St. Patrick's Hospital, 1948-1951, staff psychiatrist, 1954-1961. Senior medical officer Maudsley Hospital, London, 1952-1953.
Resident medical superintendent St. Otteran's Hospital, Waterford, Ireland, 1961-1968. Clinical director St. Brendens Hospital, Dublin, 1968-1988. Professor psychiatry, chairman department Royal College Surgeons, 1968-1990, professor emeritus, since 1990.
Clinical director Eastern Health Board, Dublin, 1968-1988.
Captain Waterford Golf Club, 1965-1966, president, 1967-1968. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (honorary correspondent 1981). Member Royal College Physicians Ireland (Harry Masesy Miles gold medal 1946, McNaughton Jones gold medal 1946, council scholar), Royal College Psychiatrists (vice president 1981-1983), Mental Health Association Ireland (honorary secretary 1965), Milltown Golf Club (captain 1981-1982).
Married Sheila O'Donovan, September 17, 1956. Children: Mairead, Niall, Timothy, Sally-Ann, Fionnuala.