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Jack Lynch | |
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.jpg) Lynch in 1979 | |
| 5th 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 | |
| Preceded by | Seán Lemass |
| Succeeded by | Liam Cosgrave |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977 | |
| President |
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| Taoiseach | Liam Cosgrave |
| Preceded by | Liam Cosgrave |
| Succeeded by | Garret FitzGerald |
| Leader of Fianna Fáil | |
| In office 10 November 1966 – 7 December 1979 | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Seán Lemass |
| Succeeded by | Charles Haughey |
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 21 April 1965 – 10 November 1966 | |
| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass |
| Preceded by | James Ryan |
| 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 |
| Minister for the Gaeltacht | |
| In office 20 March 1957 – 26 June 1957 | |
| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Patrick Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | Mícheál Ó Móráin |
| Parliamentary Secretary | |
| 1951–1954 | Government |
| 1951–1954 | Lands |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1977 – June 1981 | |
| Constituency | Cork City |
| In office June 1969 – June 1977 | |
| Constituency | Cork City North-West |
| In office February 1948 – June 1969 | |
| Constituency | Cork Borough |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Mary Lynch 15 August 1917 Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 20 October 1999 (aged 82) Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland |
| Resting place | St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | |
John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for the Gaeltacht from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Government from 1951 to 1954. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1981.[1]
He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last party leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil for his party. Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him "the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O'Connell."[2]
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.
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.
- ^ "John Lynch". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
- ^ Dwyer, T. Ryle (2005). Haughey's Forty Years of Controversy. Cork: Mercier. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-85635-426-4.