Mark Lynch (Gaelic footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Marcas Ó Loingsigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born |
February 20, 1986 Banagher, Northern Ireland |
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| 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) 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.
Lynch was called up to the Derry Minor team in 2002 and made his debut against Antrim while only 16. Derry Minors won that year's Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship. He was a member of the Derry Under-21 team that finished runners-up in both the 2004 and 2006Ulster 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. Lynch underwent a shoulder operation in November 2008 and isn't expected to return to action until March 2009.
Lynch had a very successful underage football career with Banagher.
Lynch was part of St. Pat's Maghera's 2003 MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup winning team. 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. Jordanstown went one step further in 2008 and won the competition, with Lynch scoring 0-06 in the final against the Garda College. 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.
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