Brendan Lynch

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Brendan Lynch (writer)

Brendan Lynch (born 1937, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick) is a former motor racing journalist and contemporary Irish author. He spent his youth in Toomevara, Co. Tipperary. He is married and lives in Dublin.

Early life

Educated at St. Flannan's College, Ennis and CBS, Nenagh, Lynch represented his native Tipperary in cycle racing and won his first race at the age of 17. His biggest success was the 1956 100 km Cooper Cup race in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

Career

Lynch spent a number of years working as a clerk in Dublin. During this time he met writers Brendan Behan and Patrick Kavanagh and wrote his first newspaper features.

In 1961, he emigrated to London, where he became a disciple of the pacifist philosopher, Bertrand Russell and was imprisoned in Brixton for his Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament activities.

After ten years working in a bank, a succession of part-time jobs enabled him to satisfy his longtime ambitions to go motor racing. He survived a number of serious accidents and won one race at Mondello Park in 1976.

Brendan Lynch (music producer)

Brendan Lynch is a British music producer, who has produced for Paul Weller, Primal Scream and The Rakes. He has also worked with the 22-20s, Carleen Anderson and Ocean Colour Scene. He produced The Help Album which involved amongst many Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller and Johnny Depp.

Lynch was part of Indian Vibes, a collaboration with Weller, Marco Nelson, and Crispin Taylor (of Galliano), who had a hit in France with the psychedelic dance track "Mathar". Lynch remixed "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis on a 12" which was the band's first remix. He has also remixed tracks for Massive Attack, Air, Young Disciples, Dr John and Anthony Johnson. Lynch has also been a member of Paul Weller's touring band.

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Brendan Lynch (Roscommon Gaelic footballer)

Brendan Lynch (14 February 1923 – 30 March 2014) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the Roscommon senior team.

Born in Oran, County Roscommon, Lynch was introduced to Gaelic football during his schooling at Roscommon CBS. At club level he enjoyed a distinguished career with Oran.

Lynch made his debut on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Roscommon minor team. An All-Ireland medallist in this grade, Lynch later made his senior football debut. He went on to play a key role for Roscommon during a hugely successful era, and won two All-Ireland medals and six Connacht medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Lynch never won a Railway Cup medal.

Regarded as one of Roscommon's greatest players of all time, Lynch was named at right wing-back on the Roscommon Football Team of the Millennium.

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Brendan Lynch (Gaelic footballer)

Brendan Lynch (born 1949 in Beaufort, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Beaufort and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1968 until 1976. He also played hurling with the Killarney club and won a County Hurling Championship medal in 1969, he also won a Cork County Football Championship and Munster Club Championships with UCC during his college days.

At the age of 25, he was the oldest player on the famous 1975 All-Ireland winning team.

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Brendan

Saint Brendan of Clonfert or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c. 484 – c. 577) (Irish: Naomh Breandán; Latin: Brendanus; Icelandic: (heilagur) Brandanus) called "the Navigator", "the Voyager", or "the Bold" is one of the early Irish monastic saints. He is chiefly renowned for his legendary quest to the "Isle of the Blessed," also called Saint Brendan's Island. The Voyage of Saint Brendan could be called an immram (Irish navigational story). He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

Saint Brendan's feast day is celebrated on 16 May by the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Orthodox Christians.

Sources

There is very little secure information concerning Brendan's life, although at least the approximate dates of his birth and death, and accounts of some events in his life, are found in the Irish annals and genealogies. The first mention of Brendan occurs in Adamnan's Vita Sancti Columbae, written between 679 and 704. The first notice of him as a seafarer appears in the ninth century Martyrology of Tallaght.

Brendan (disambiguation)

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