Martin Lynch (Gaelic footballer)

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]

Martin Lynch
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Loingsigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1970-06-17) 17 June 1970
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

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.
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