Jimmy Lynam

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| code = Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Jimmy Lynam

| irish = Séamus Ó Laigheanáin

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| inches = 10

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| county = Cork

| province = Munster

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| clposition = Forward

| clubs = Glen Rovers

| clyears = 1944-1960

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| counties = Cork

| icposition = Right corner-forward

| icyears = 1949-1953

| icapps(points) = 5 (1-02)

| icprovince = 2

| icallireland = 2

| nhl = 1

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1925|10|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place=Blackpool, Cork, Ireland

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40072919.html|title='The only one comparable was Mick Mackey': Jimmy Lynam recalls his team-mate Christy Ring|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=30 October 2020|access-date=7 June 2021|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/christy-rings-blood-and-bandage-lady-tracked-down-400640.html|title=Christy Ring’s ‘blood and bandage lady’ tracked down|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=20 May 2016|access-date=23 July 2016|first=Larry|last=Ryan}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/taking-the-plunge-for-the-tribe-209254.html|title=Taking the plunge for the Tribe|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=29 September 2012|access-date=23 July 2016|first=Diarmuid|last=O'Flynn}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/old-rivals-bound-by-respect-26885986.html|title=Old rivals bound by respect|publisher=Irish Independent|date=12 August 2012|access-date=23 July 2016|first=Dermot|last=Crowe}}