Who is Patrick Tynan
Executive summary
The name Patrick Tynan refers not to a single person but to multiple individuals across history and professions—an Irish revolutionary of the late 19th century, several contemporary professionals in finance, athletics and aerospace, and at least one American man whose obituary appears in regional press—each documented by different sources rather than a unified biography [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. This report maps the distinct profiles found in public records and notes where sources overlap or leave open questions.
1. Patrick Joseph Percy Tynan — 19th‑century Irish revolutionary
One historical Patrick Tynan, born March 1851 in Gorey, County Wexford, was active in Irish republican circles: his family hosted IRB meetings in the 1860s, they opened a bookshop and lending library in 1869, he enlisted in the French army during the Franco–Prussian War , and he later figured—perhaps inaccurately—in press and court references around the Invincibles trials of the early 1880s [1]. The Dictionary of Irish Biography traces his family’s Fenian sympathies and records that a courtroom photograph led the public to suspect him of being the “Number One” of a conspiracy, a misimpression that Tynan later leveraged [1].
2. Pat/Patrick Tynan — collegiate rowing coach and program leader
A contemporary Pat Tynan is a collegiate rowing coach with a long career: a 1999 graduate of UMass Amherst and former varsity lightweight crew member, he coached at Colby, Williams (interim head in 2006–07), returned to UMass as assistant, and by 2025 was in his 17th season leading Wesleyan’s women’s crew, holding USRowing Level III certification and collegiate coach honors [6] [3]. Wesleyan’s staff directory and UMass athletics pages present consistent coaching credentials, team achievements and biographical details including family residence in Middletown [6] [3].
3. Patrick Tynan — finance executive profiles (Cornerstone, Cornerstone OnDemand)
Business and data profiles list a Patrick Tynan as a senior finance executive—identified as VP of Finance at Cornerstone OnDemand and credited with prior analyst roles at Genentech and Space Systems—alongside credentials and career moves recorded on Crunchbase and The Org, which also attribute an MBA and undergraduate commerce degree in some iterations [2] [7]. Corporate-directory pages and databases like Crunchbase and The Org summarize professional histories but sometimes conflate roles and education details, a reminder to verify corporate bios against company filings or LinkedIn [2] [7].
4. Patrick Tynan — aerospace/business development and other professional listings
Another modern profile connects a Patrick Tynan to aerospace business development roles—listed as Director, Business Development at PBS Aerospace with prior posts at Viasat and Georgia Power and degrees from Georgia Tech and UC San Diego in one business directory [4]. ZoomInfo-style entries supply contact and educational claims that are useful leads but are derived from third‑party data aggregation rather than primary employer verification [4].
5. Patrick Tynan — athletes, genealogies and obituary records
Smaller public records show additional individuals named Patrick Tynan: a lacrosse goalkeeper with game stats at Western Connecticut State University [8], genealogical and family‑tree listings with varying birth/death details in Australia, Ireland and the U.S. on Ancestry and WikiTree [9] [10], and a regional obituary for a Patrick A. Tynan (born 1951, Holyoke, died 2017) in The Republican, which records his local life details and survivors [5]. These disparate records demonstrate the commonality of the name and the need to match dates, locations and professions when identifying an individual.
6. Assessment, conflicts and limits of available reporting
The public record fragments collected here establish multiple distinct people named Patrick Tynan rather than a single biographical subject; authoritative academic or government identifiers connecting these entries do not appear in the supplied sources, and some online directories aggregate information that can conflate separate individuals [2] [7] [4]. Where sources are institutional (Dictionary of Irish Biography, university athletic pages, regional obituary) their factual claims are specific and citable [1] [6] [3] [5], while commercial aggregators (Crunchbase, The Org, ZoomInfo) provide useful leads but warrant independent confirmation [2] [7] [4]. No single source in the provided set establishes a comprehensive, unique identity for “Patrick Tynan” across all references.