Brendan Lynch (14 February 1923 – 30 March 2014) was an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who played as a right wing-back for the Roscommon senior team. Born in Oran,

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

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

. 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 The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

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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1923 births 2014 deaths Roscommon inter-county Gaelic footballers Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers {{Roscommon-gaelic-football-bio-stub