Jack Lynch and others
Dublin Core
Title
Jack Lynch and others
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Jack Lynch, Dermot Breen
Description
This black and white photo shows festival director Dermot Breen standing in a small group which includes the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch on the right, pipe in hand. The group of four suited men are mid-conversation; Lynch is glancing towards Breen who is looking directly at the lens of the camera.
Jack Lynch (1917-1999) was born in Shandon, Cork, and went to school in the North Mon. By all accounts Lynch was a great sportsman and would credit sport with teaching him how to be part of a team and how to cope with victory and defeat. Lynch worked as parliamentary secretary for Eamon de Valera and succeeded Sean Lemass in 1966. He helped Ireland to usher in full membership of the European Economic Community whose application had been on the EEC table since 1961. Lynch was the Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979 and the Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977. He would serve Ireland as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.
In Cork, we have named a tunnel that runs under the River Lee after Jack Lynch. The Jack Lynch Tunnel opened in 1999 and eases traffic congestion in the City by diverting traffic under the River, via an immersed tube tunnel, connecting motorways North, West, and East.
Jack Lynch (1917-1999) was born in Shandon, Cork, and went to school in the North Mon. By all accounts Lynch was a great sportsman and would credit sport with teaching him how to be part of a team and how to cope with victory and defeat. Lynch worked as parliamentary secretary for Eamon de Valera and succeeded Sean Lemass in 1966. He helped Ireland to usher in full membership of the European Economic Community whose application had been on the EEC table since 1961. Lynch was the Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979 and the Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977. He would serve Ireland as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.
In Cork, we have named a tunnel that runs under the River Lee after Jack Lynch. The Jack Lynch Tunnel opened in 1999 and eases traffic congestion in the City by diverting traffic under the River, via an immersed tube tunnel, connecting motorways North, West, and East.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Date
1970
Contributor
This item is licenced with a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. All rights reserved. Please credit Cork International Film Festival & provide a link back to this site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
1970
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
217 x 164mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, “Jack Lynch and others,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/579.