Brendan Lynch (writer)
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Brendan Lynch (b. 1937, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick) is a former motor racing journalist and contemporary Irish author.[1] He spent his youth in Toomevara, Co. Tipperary. He is married and lives in Dublin.
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[edit] Early life
Educated at St. Flannan's College, Ennis and CBS, Nenagh, Lynch represented his native Tipperary in cycle racing and won his first race at the age of 17. His biggest success was the 1956 100 km Cooper Cup race in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
[edit] Career
Lynch spent a number of years working as a clerk in Dublin. During this time he met writers Brendan Behan and Patrick Kavanagh and wrote his first newspaper features.
In 1961, he emigrated to London, where he became a disciple of the pacifist philosopher, Bertrand Russell.
After ten years working in a bank, a succession of part-time jobs enabled him to satisfy his longtime ambitions to go motor racing. He survived a number of serious accidents and won one race at Mondello Park in 1976.
Lynch helped launch the low-cost Formula Vee category of motor racing in Ireland. He did this with the help of a trophy donated by World Champion, Emerson Fittipaldi. Formula Vee enabled many enthusiasts experience motor racing for the first time. It became Ireland’s most popular single-seater class.
His articles on motor racing for the Fulham Chronicle and Kensington Post lead to features in Autosport and Motoring News and international journals such as Autosprint (Bologna), Autohebdo (Paris) and Autosport (Canada). Within a short while, he became Grand Prix correspondent for Irish media and also the London-based Daily Mail and The Observer.
Lynch traveled extensively in Europe and Asia before returning to Dublin in 1985 to concentrate on feature writing and books. He has written general features for many media outlets, including The Irish Times,[2] Sunday Tribune, The Times and The European.
He is a member of the Irish Writers’ Union and The Guild of Motoring Writers. In 1988 he won the latter's "Pierre Dreyfus Award" (presented annually by Renault in honour of Pierre Dreyfus, president director general of Renault from 1955–75) for his first book, Green Dust.
[edit] Books
- Green Dust. Ireland’s Unique Motor Racing History. Portobello Publishing (1988) ISBN 0951366807
- Triumph of the Red Devil. The Gordon Bennett Cup Race 1903. Portobello Publishing (14 Nov 2002) ISBN 0951366815
- There Might Be A Drop Of Rain Yet. A Memoir. Currach Press (1 May 2006) ISBN 1856079376
- Parsons Bookshop. At the Heart of Bohemian Dublin, 1949-1989. The Liffey Press (15 May 2007) The Liffey Press.com ISBN 1905785119
- Yesterday We Were In America. Alcock and Brown – First to Fly the Atlantic Non-Stop. J H Haynes & Co Ltd (26 Feb, 2009) ISBN 1844256812
[edit] References
- ^ McGeady, Simon (30 March 2009). "Brendan Lynch probes into Clonmany murders". Inishowen Independent. http://www.inishowennews.com/07BrendanLynch.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Lynch, Brendan (Dec 29, 2009). "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/1229/1224261353012.html. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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