Jack Lynch - Photo Diary
Images from the life of former Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. From childhood to the height of his political career as Taoiseach
Former Taoiseach, Jack Lynch
Jack Lynch near his family home near Shandon, Cork
Jack Lynch as a baby with
his mother, whose Death
when he was aged 13
affected him for years
afterwards.
Acrobatics on a beach near Crosshaven - Jack Lynch (vertical) and a friend, Pat Donovan
Jack and Mairin Lynch on their
Wedding day, August 10, 1946
Jack Lynch accompanying Sean Lemass and Charles haughey to London for the negotiation of the Irish Free Trade Area Agreement in 1965
Jack Lynch with his predecessor, Sean Lemass, and George Colley, whom he had just defeated for the Fianna Fail leadership
Lynch emerging from the Dail on his way to the President on November 10, 1966, having been voted Taoiseach
Jack Lynch with Captain Terence O'Neill, then Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, at Iveagh House in 1967
Jack Lynch speaking at the signing of the Treaty of Accession to the EEC, on January 22, 1972
Jack Lynch and
Edward Heath in
January 1971
Jack Lynch watching
Liam Cosgrave
concede defeat
on television
June '77
Jack Lynch at victory rally in Cork, June 1977
Perhaps the most evocative photograph of the Lynch era. Charlie Haughey, having been acquitted in the arms trial on Friday, October 23, 1970, challenged Lynch's leadership. Fianna Fail Ministers and TDs flocked to Dublin airport to greet the Taoiseach on his return from America on Monday, October 26. The display of solidarity ended abruptly the Haughey challenge