Martin Lynch (Gaelic footballer)
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Clane, County Kildare, Ireland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Máirtín Ó Loingsigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born |
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 | ||
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]
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 MFC 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 Championships 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 SFC final.[4] He claimed two Leinster SFC titles before retiring from inter-county activity in 2002.[5]