Mark Lynch (Gaelic footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Marcas Ó Loingsigh | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Centre Forward | ||
Born |
Banagher, Northern Ireland | February 20, 1986||
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- | Derry | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Mark Lynch (Irish: Marcas Ó Loingsigh; born 20 February 1986[1]) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title. He plays his club football and hurling for St. Mary's Banagher.
Football career
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]
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 Queens University Belfast in the Sigerson Cup final.[10] Jordanstown went one step further in 2008 and won the competition, with Lynch scoring 0-06 in the final against the Garda College.[11] 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]
Hurling career
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.[12]
School/college
Lynch won the Mageenan Cup with St. Pat's Maghera. He was also awarded one/two? Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star.
Honours
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 (0/1)??:
- Derry Minor Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1?): Year?
- Derry Under 16 Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1?): Year?
- Derry Under 16 Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2002 (as captain)[13]
- 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.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Early 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2009. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "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 Online. 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". RTÉ. 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. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ↑ "Queen's Uni. 0-15 0-14 UUJ - Match report". BBC Sport Online. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ↑ "UUJ 1-16 1-14 Garda College Match report". BBC Sport Online. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ↑ "Antrim outclass Derry". BBC Sport Online. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ↑ "Super Shamrocks the kings of Derry". 30 November 2002. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
External links
- Interview with Hoganstand magazine (December 2003)
- Player profiles on Official Derry GAA website
- St. Mary's GAC Banagher website
- Official Derry GAA website