Paul Lynch (hurler)
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County Wexford, Ireland
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| Born | June 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 January 2014 (aged 75) Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Lynch (June 1938 – 19 January 2014) was an Irish hurler. At club level, he played with Enniscorthy Shamrocks, St Aidan's and Rapparees Starlights, and at inter-county level with the Wexford senior hurling team.
Educated at Enniscorthy CBS, Lynch played hurling and Gaelic football with a range of clubs. He began his career in 1956 with Rapparees Starlights before later claiming a Wexford JHC medal with Enniscorthy Shamrocks in 1959.[1] A Wexford IHC medal followed a year later before Lynch added a Wexford SHC medal to his collection after a defeat of Ferns St Aidan's in 1969.[2]
At inter-county level, Lynch first played for Wexford as part of the junior team that won the Leinster JHC title in 1959. He later won an All-Ireland IHC medal in 1961 after Wexford's 3-15 to 4-04 win over London in the final.[3]
Lynch joined the senior team in 1961 and won his first Leinster SHC medal the following year before lining out in the defeat by Tipperary in the 1962 All-Ireland final.[4] Lynch won a second Leinster SHC medal in 1965 before adding a National Hurling League medal to his collection in 1967.[5] He claimed a third Leinster SHC medal in 1968, before later winning an All-Ireland SHC medal after lining out at wing-forward in the 5-08 to 3-12 victory over Tipperary.[6]