'A welcoming face' - Tommy Lynch, Cork GAA's keeper at the gates, passes away

Northsider Lynch served in both a voluntary and paid capacity for Cork GAA for north of fifty years

SOUND GROUNDSMAN: The then-new Cork hurling manager Denis Walsh was greeted by Tommy Lynch for the Allianz NHL Division 1 clash with Limerick in 2009. Lynch saw many managers come and go. Picture: Ray McManus, Sportsfile

Tommy Lynch, Cork GAA’s original greeter at the gates of Páirc Ui Chaoimh, both for its 1976 opening and 2018 redevelopment, has passed away. He was 91.

From the northside of Cork city, Tommy Lynch’s first unpaid posting for the GAA was on the gates of the old Athletic Grounds. All told, until his retirement two years ago, it is estimated that he has served in a voluntary and paid capacity for Cork GAA for north of fifty years.