Nonie Lynch (''née'' Crawford; 5 February 1910 – 29 September 2011) was an Irish traditional singer from

Milltown Malbay Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point. The population was 829 at the 2016 Census. Name There is a townland on the southern edge of the town called Poulawillin or Pollawillin ...

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. Lynch took part in several editions of The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing, including the first edition to be held outside

Ennistymon Ennistymon or Ennistimon () is a country market town in County Clare, near the west coast of Ireland. The River Inagh, with its small rapids known as the Cascades, runs through the town, behind the main street. A bridge across the river leads to ...

, which took place in Spanish Point in 2003. At the time of that festival she was already 93 years of age. Most of her life she was living in the townland Mountscott, Mullagh. The last few years of her life were spent in a nursing home in

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CD's

Songs of Nonie Lynch were recorded and brought out at: * ''Around the Hills of Clare'' (CD 1, track 10: ''Shannon Scheme''; CD 2, track 17: ''My Good Looking Man'') * ''Cascades of Song, Clare Festival of traditional singing (1991-1999)''

Family

Nonie Lynch was the youngest child of Richard Crawford and Mary Linehan. Her son, Patrick Lynch (born 1954) is a singer and poetry reciter. Her daughter, Mrs Claire Burke, became a hotelier at the Armada Hotel in Spanish Point. Nonie Lynch was a

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of the musician

Tom Lenihan Tom Lenihan (1908–1990) was a well known Irish traditional singer from Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. __NOTOC__ Tom and Margaret Lenihan (born Vaughan) lived in a farmhouse in Knockbrack, a few miles outside Miltown Malbay. He was ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Nonie 1910 births 2011 deaths Irish centenarians Musicians from County Clare Irish women singers Women centenarians People from Milltown Malbay

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