We congratulate John Lynch, St Michael’s Villas, who celebrates his 100th birthday on Thursday 30th January.
John is a proud Clarecastle man born into the Lynch family in Lissane, Clarecastle, he comes from a family of 15, with four siblings, three sisters and one brother, all still living in Clare. John married Kitty Slattery, a native of Ennis, and took up residence in St. Michael’s Villas in 1953 where they raised their 6 children Bernard, Seán, Mary, Therese, Pat, and Ruth. Sadly Kitty died in 1982 at age 59 and Seán died in 1989 at 38. John is the only surviving member of the committee established in 1953 to erect the Grotto in St. Michael’s Villas.
John worked in CIE and has had a great love for dogs and coursing all his life.
For the past five years, John has been happily in residence in Cahercalla Community Hospital where he was joined by his children, Bernard, Mary, Therese, Pat, and Ruth, and his large extended family to celebrate his 100th birthday.