Jimmy Lynam

James Lynam (born 1 October 1925) is an Irish former hurler who played for club side Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.^[1]

Jimmy Lynam

Personal information
Irish name	Séamus Ó Laigheanáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	(1925-10-01) 1 October 1925 (age 99) Blackpool, Cork, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1944-1960	Glen Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles	7
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1949-1953	Cork	5 (1-02)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	2
NHL	1

Career

A member of the Glen Rovers club in Blackpool, Lynam had just turned 19 when he won his first County Championship title in 1944. He claimed a further six winners' medals before his retirement from the club scene in 1960. Lynam first played for the Cork senior hurling team when he was selected as a reserve for the 1950 Munster Championship. He won the first of successive Munster Championship medals in 1952, before claiming his first All-Ireland title after coming on as a substitute for Liam Abernethy in the 1952 final defeat of Dublin.^[2] Lynam collected further silverware with a National League title in 1953, before winning a second All-Ireland title, this time as a reserve, after Cork's defeat of Galway in the 1953 final.^[3][4]

Honours

Glen Rovers

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1960

Cork

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1952, 1953
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1952, 1953
• National Hurling League: 1952-53