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20th August 2018
10:27am BST

"I was only born in ’96 and I was on my mum's breast, taking milk, and she threw me up in the air, but she forgot to catch me. I don’t remember that now"Lynch reached the minor All-Ireland final with Limerick and won U21 titles in 2015 and 2017 despite aslready being a regular member of the senior panel. His fearlessness, and relentless verve, in the face of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Cork, Galway and all other comers epitomised the spirit of this year's All-Ireland champions. Nickie Quaid, Shane Dowling and John Kiely all went buck mad at the final whistle of Limerick's 3-16 to 2-18 victory but, to our mind, no-one on earth enjoyed that triumph more than Lynch. For a young man who described some of his earliest memories as his father Seán driving full-size sliothars at him out in the garden - 'Nine times out of ten, you’d miss it but you’d always catch that one ball' - it was a moment to treasure. The pictures in the aftermath are pure class. Taking it all in (with Nickie Quaid)
Pure elation (with Pat Ryan)
Airborne!!
Sharing the moment with family, friends and fans
Guns out in the dressing room
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Some craic with 'the old heads' down the back of the team bus
The start of something special, he hopes.
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