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Jack Lynch

Jack Lynch
Taoiseach
In office
5 July 1977 – 11 December 1979
President Patrick Hillery
Tánaiste George Colley
Preceded by Liam Cosgrave
Succeeded by Charles Haughey
In office
10 November 1966 – 14 March 1973
President Éamon de Valera
Tánaiste Frank Aiken
Erskine H. Childers
Preceded by Seán Lemass
Succeeded by Liam Cosgrave
In office
14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
President Éamon de Valera
Erskine H. Childers
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave
Preceded by Liam Cosgrave
Succeeded by Garret FitzGerald
Leader of Fianna Fáil
In office
10 November 1966 – 7 December 1979
Deputy (1973-1977)
George Colley (1977-1979)
Preceded by Seán Lemass
Succeeded by Charles Haughey
In office
21 April 1965 – 10 November 1966
Taoiseach Seán Lemass
Preceded by
Succeeded by Charles Haughey
Minister for Industry and Commerce
In office
23 June 1959 – 21 April 1965
Taoiseach Seán Lemass
Preceded by Patrick Hillery
Succeeded by Charles Haughey
Minister for Education
In office
20 March 1957 – 23 June 1959
Taoiseach Éamon de Valera
Preceded by Richard Mulcahy
Succeeded by Patrick Hillery
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1977 – June 1981
Constituency
In office
June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency
In office
February 1948 – June 1969
Constituency
Personal details
Born John Mary Lynch
(1917-08-15)15 August 1917
Shandon, Cork, Ireland
Died 20 October 1999(1999-10-20) (aged 82)
Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place St. Finbarr's Cemetery
Nationality Irish
Political party Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s) Máirín O'Connor
Alma mater University College Cork
Profession Solicitor
Religion Roman Catholicism
Jack Lynch
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Loingsigh
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Midfield
Hurling Position: Half-back
Born (1917-08-15)15 August 1917
Shandon, , Ireland
Died 20 October 1999(1999-10-20) (aged 82)
Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
1934–1950
1934–1951
1943–1944
Glen Rovers
St Nicholas'
Civil Service
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Cork titles 2 11
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1936–1950
1939–1949
Cork (H)
Cork (F)
42 (13–66)
14 (1–6)
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Munster Titles 2 6
All-Ireland Titles 1 5

John Mary "Jack" Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was the Taoiseach of Ireland, serving two terms in office; from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.

Lynch was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork in 1948, and was re-elected at each general election until his retirement in 1981. He previously served as (1965–1966), Minister for Industry and Commerce (1959–1965), Minister for Education (1957–1959), Minister for the Gaeltacht (1957) and as a . He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last Fianna Fáil leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil. Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him "the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O'Connell."

Before his political career Lynch had a successful sporting career as a dual player of Gaelic games. He played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1936 until 1950. Lynch also played Gaelic football with his local club St Nicholas' and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1936 until 1946. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest dual players of all-time.

In a senior inter-county hurling career that lasted for fourteen years he won five All-Ireland titles, seven Munster titles, three National Hurling League titles and seven Railway Cup titles. In a senior inter-county football career that lasted for ten years Lynch won one All-Ireland title, two Munster titles and one Railway Cup title. Lynch was later named at midfield on the Hurling Team of the Century and the Hurling Team of the Millennium.


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