AROUND THE COUNTRY: Stanislaus Lynch - honouring a man of many talents 01 March 2019 Premium

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01 March 2019

Irish Field Contributor on 01 Mar 2019

AROUND THE COUNTRY: Stanislaus Lynch - honouring a man of many talents

A large crowd turned out at Cavan County Museum to celebrate the extraordinary talent and work of the Olympic medal-winning author, poet, hound expert and hunting man, Stanislaus Lynch

Irish Field Contributor

1 March 2019

Stanislaus Lynch

Remembering Stanislaus Lynch were (l-r) Hugh Leonard, Cavan County Museum Curator Savina Donohoe and Cllr Madelaine Argue, chair of Cavan County Council, with speakers Paul Keogan, Prof Patrick Wall Michael Slevin and Noel Mullins (Photo Noel Mullins)

Stanislaus Lynch's Saint Hubert Gold Medal and his two Olympic Medals for Epic Literature - London 1948 and Helsinki 1952 at Cavan County Museum (Photo Noel Mullins)

Margaret Lynch, widow of Stanislaus Lynch and Cllr Madelaine Argue, chair of Cavan County Council, at the 'Remembering Stanislaus Lynch' night at the Cavan County Museum (Photo Noel Mullins)

Visitors looking through the exhibits at the 'Remembering Stanislaus Lynch' exhibition at Cavan County Museum (Photo Noel Mullins)

Professor Patrick Wall, Cllr Madelaine Argue, chair of Cavan County Counci,l Mrs Kathleen Keogan and Emer Mullins at the 'Remembering Stanislaus Lynch' night at Cavan County Museum (Photo Noel Mullins)

A CAPACITY crowd gathered at Cavan County Museum last Thursday evening to celebrate the life and times of local writer, poet, houndman and hunting man Stanislaus Lynch (1907-1983) who holds the extraordinary achievement of winning two Olympic medals for Epic Literature.

A native of Ballyjamesduff, Stanislaus Lynch was a master of the English language and the only Irish writer to be awarded with two Olympic medals - one from the 1948 London Olympics and the other from the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.