Irish showband musician and singer (died 2018)
Musical artist
Pat Lynch (1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Irish singer and entertainer of the showband genre born in Cork.[1]
Early life
Lynch was born into a musical family in Blackpool, Cork.[2] He was singing in the Palm Court Ballroom, Oliver Plunkett Street when he was just six years old. He qualified as a welder.[3]
Career
Pat Lynch's brother Steve was a member of The Dixies, a successful showband in the 1960s. Pat got his break in 1964 when he was recruited into The Clipper Carlton showband. In 1965 he became the lead singer of the Airchords, a band founded by Irish Air Corps members.[4] They had their first number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1967–68 with "Treat Me Daughter Kindly." In 1971 Lynch left the Airchords had a solo number one with "When We Were Young," which became the team anthem of Cork Hibernians F.C.[4] In 1972–73 Lynch toured with Derek Davis, who played "Mean Tom", a parody of Big Tom; Pat Lynch, Mean Tom and the Treetops performed until September 1973.[2]
Later life
Lynch returned to welding, teaching it at the Cork Regional Technical College. He died in 2018.[3]
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