Declan Lynch

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Declan Lynch (born 1961) is an Irish columnist who works for the Sunday Independent, a newspaper in Ireland.

Declan Lynch was born in Athlone, Ireland, He attended Coosan NS and Marist College, Athlone.Lynch, Declan. "[https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/declan-lynch-the-normalisation-of-rugby-continues-and-its-gaelic-games-that-will-take-the-hit/a32612420.html "Declan Lynch: The normalisation of rugby continues — and it's Gaelic games that will take the hit"]." The Sunday Independent. 22 October 2023. Retrieved on 20 November 2023. He graduated from Marist College secondary school in 1978. Lynch dropped out of law school after one year and began writing for the music magazine Hot Press. He did this for a number of years before leaving to work for the Sunday Independent. Lynch writes a weekly opinion column that is published in the Sunday newspaper.

Lynch also has a number of other works to his credit. He helped John Giles with his autobiography.Humphries, Tom. "[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-giles-national-treasure-1.679478 "John Giles, national treasure - SPORT: A Football Man: My Autobiography By John Giles"]." Irish Times. 20 November 2010.. In recent years he helped a postman called Tony O'Reilly write a book called Tony10, which was published by Gill Books.