Jimmy Lynam

Jimmy Lynam
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó Laigheanáin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1925-10-01) 1 October 1925 (age 99)
Blackpool, Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1944-1960
 Glen Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1949-1953
 Cork 5 (1-02)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 2
NHL 1

James Lynam (born 1 October 1925) is an Irish former hurler who played for club side Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.[1]

Career

A member of the Glen Rovers club in Blackpool, Lynam had just turned 19 when he won his first County Championship title in 1944. He claimed a further six winners' medals before his retirement from the club scene in 1960. Lynam first played for the Cork senior hurling team when he was selected as a reserve for the 1950 Munster Championship. He won the first of successive Munster Championship medals in 1952, before claiming his first All-Ireland title after coming on as a substitute for Liam Abernethy in the 1952 final defeat of Dublin.[2] Lynam collected further silverware with a National League title in 1953, before winning a second All-Ireland title, this time as a reserve, after Cork's defeat of Galway in the 1953 final.[3][4]

Honours

Glen Rovers
Cork

References

  1. ^ Moynihan, Michael (30 October 2020). "'The only one comparable was Mick Mackey': Jimmy Lynam recalls his team-mate Christy Ring". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ Ryan, Larry (20 May 2016). "Christy Ring's 'blood and bandage lady' tracked down". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (29 September 2012). "Taking the plunge for the Tribe". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ Crowe, Dermot (12 August 2012). "Old rivals bound by respect". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 July 2016.