Jimmy Lynam

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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)
YearsClub
1944-1960
Glen Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (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]

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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

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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.