Martin Lynch (Gaelic footballer)

Martin Lynch
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Loingsigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1970-06-17) 17 June 1970 (age 54)
Clane, County Kildare, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Primary School Principal
Club(s)
Years Club
 Clane
Club titles
Kildare titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1988-2002
 Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 1

Martin Lynch (born 17 June 1970) is an Irish former Gaelic football player and selector who played for club side Clane. He scored 13-96 and made a combined 118 league and championship appearances with the Kildare senior football team.[1]

Career

Lynch first played Gaelic football at a competitive level under the stewardship of his father at the local national school in Clane. He later won an All-Ireland Colleges Championship with Scoil Mhuire.[2] By this stage Lynch had made his inter-county debut as a member of the Kildare minor football team that won the Leinster Minor Championship in 1987. He had just turned 18 when he made his senior debut in a National League game against Roscommon in October 1988. Lynch's was an All-Star recipient in 1991.[3] He was part of the Clane club team that won four County Championship's between 1991 and 1997. The latter part of his inter-county career saw Lynch line out in Kildare's defeat by Galway in the 1998 All-Ireland final.[4] He claimed two Leinster Championships before retiring from inter-county activity in 2002.[5]

Honours

Clane
Kildare
Awards

References

  1. ^ "Despite a tendency to frustrate, Martin Lynch's good days far outweighed his bad". Kildare Nationalist. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Lynch & Gilroy". Hogan Stand. 19 April 1991. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ O'Riordan, Tom (22 September 1998). "Martin cannot forget the Lynch mob days". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Martin Lynch (Kildare)". Irish Times. 22 September 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. ^ Breheny, Martin (13 July 2002). "The men they love to hate". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2021.