Declan Lynch
Encyclopedia
Declan Lynch is an Irish
journalist
, writer
and playwright
. Lynch was born in Athlone, Ireland
, and now works for the Sunday Independent
.
Lynch graduated from Marist College secondary school in 1978. He 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 Independent.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, writer
Writer
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and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. Lynch was born in Athlone, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and now works for the Sunday Independent
Sunday Independent
The Sunday Independent is a broadsheet Sunday newspaper published in Ireland by Independent News and Media plc. The newspaper is edited by Aengus Fanning, and is the biggest selling Irish Sunday newspaper by a large margin ; average circulation of 291,323 between June 2004 and January 2005,...
.
Lynch graduated from Marist College secondary school in 1978. He dropped out of law school after one year and began writing for the music magazine Hot Press
Hot Press
Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19,215 during 2007...
. He did this for a number of years before leaving to work for the Independent.
Books
- Ireland on Three Million Pounds a Day (May 1999)
- Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me (January 2003)
- All The People, All The Time (April 2004)
- The Rooms (January 2005)
- Free Money (April 2009)
- The Book Of Poor Ould Fellas (with Arthur Matthews) (2009)
- Days Of Heaven -- Italia 90 and the Charlton Years (2010)
- A Football Man - John Giles with Declan Lynch (2010)