Mark_Lynch_(Gaelic_footballer)
Mark Lynch (Gaelic footballer)
Dual player of Gaelic games and Derry Gaelic footballer
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born |
(1986-02-20) February 20, 1986 (age 38) 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 | ||
Inter-county
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]
Club
Lynch had a very successful underage football career with Banagher.
School/college
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.
International Rules
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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Inter-county
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]
Club
School/college
Lynch won the Mageenan Cup with St. Pat's Maghera. He was also awarded one/two? Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star.
Country
- Under 17 International Rules Series:
- Winner (1): 2003
Inter-county
Senior
- National Football League:
- Winner (1): 2008
Under 21
- Ulster Under-21 Football Championship:
- Runner up: 2004, 2006
Minor
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2002
- Ulster Minor Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2002
- Ulster Minor Hurling Championship: – Runner up: 2002?, 2003
Club
- Derry Senior Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1)??: 2005
- Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1): 2021
- Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1): 2021
- Derry Under-21 Hurling Championship:'
- Winner (1): 2007
- Derry Minor Hurling Championship:
- Winner (2?): 2002, 2003
- Derry Under 16 Hurling Championship:
- Winner (2?): 2001, 2002
- Derry Under 16 Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2002 (as captain)[14]
- North Derry Under 16 Football Championship:
- Winner (1/2?): 2001?, 2002
- North Derry Under 16 Football League:
- Winner (1/2?): 2001?, 2002
- Numerous other underage competitions
School/college
- Sigerson Cup:
- Winner (1): 2008
- Runner up: 2007
- Hogan Cup:
- Winner (1): 2003
- MacRory Cup:
- Winner (1): 2003
- Mageenan Cup:
- Winner (1?/2?): Year(s)?
Individual
- Captain of U-17 International Rules winning side: 2003
- Datapac Combined Universities – Winner (1): 2005, more?
- Ulster Colleges Football All-Star – Winner (at least 1): 2004,[1] more?
- Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star – Winner (at least 1): 2004,[1] more?
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
- "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Spring 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- "Interview with Mark Lynch". Hogan Stand. December 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- "Derry Football Roll Of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
- "Hogan Stand results – April 2004". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- "Murtagh replaces injured Coulter". BBC Sport. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- "Hogan Stand results – April 2006". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- "Derry 2–13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- "Derry 2–13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report – Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- Heaney, Paddy (16 October 2008). "Bradley deserves a break from the game: Cassidy". The Irish News. p. 60. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- "Derry forward Lynch retires from inter-county football". BBC Sport. 6 December 2018.
- "Queen's Uni. 0–15 0–14 UUJ – Match report". BBC Sport. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- "UUJ 1–16 1–14 Garda College Match report". BBC Sport. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- "Antrim outclass Derry". BBC Sport. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- "Super Shamrocks the kings of Derry". 30 November 2002. Retrieved 19 September 2008.