| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born | February 20, 1986 Banagher, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2003– | Banagher | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Derry titles | 0 | 1 | |
| Ulster titles | 0 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Queen's University Belfast | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2005–2018 | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Mark Lynch (born 20 February 1986) [1] is a dual player of Gaelic games who played Gaelic football for the Derry county team, with whom he won a National League title. He plays his club football and hurling for St Mary's Banagher.
Lynch was called up to the Derry Minor team in 2002 and made his debut against Antrim [2] while only 16. Derry Minors won that year's Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship. [3] He was a member of the Derry Under-21 team that finished runners-up in both the 2004 [4] and 2006 [5] [6] Ulster Under-21 Football Championships.
Lynch has been playing for the Senior team since 2004. He was instrumental in the 2008 National League, which Derry won, defeating Kerry in the final. [7] [8] Lynch underwent a shoulder operation in November 2008 and isn't expected to return to action until March 2009. [9]
Lynch retired from inter-county football in December 2018, citing family and work commitments. [10]
Lynch had a very successful underage football career with Banagher.
Lynch was part of St Pat's, Maghera's 2003 MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup winning team. [1] He won one/two? Ulster Colleges Football All-Star with the school. In 2007 he was part of the Jordanstown side that finished runners-up to Queen's University Belfast in the Sigerson Cup final. [11] Jordanstown went one step further in 2008 and won the competition, with Lynch scoring 0–06 in the final against the Garda College. [12] He was vice-captain and stood in as captain in the early stages of the competition when regular captain Peter Donnelly was injured with a broken arm.
Lynch was captain of the Ireland international rules football team that won the Under 17 International Rules Series against Australia in 2003. [1]
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Lynch represented Derry at hurling at underage level. He was part of the Derry Minor team that lost out to Antrim in the 2003 Ulster Minor Hurling Championship final. [13]
Lynch won the Mageenan Cup with St. Pat's Maghera. He was also awarded one/two? Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star.
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
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