Texts referencing Diarmuid Lynch
Multiple historical books, theses and printed articles have referenced Lynch over the years.
A list is currently being compiled but amongst the more unusual references to Lynch discovered so far is by the novellist, dramatist and screenwriter, Roddy Doyle. Amongst 'The Commitments', 'The Snapper' and 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' is the novel 'A Star Called Henry'.
A Star Called Henry (first published in 1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. The novel is set in Ireland in the era of political upheaval between the 1916 Easter Rising and the eventual truce signed with the United Kingdom in 1921, as seen through the eyes of young Henry Smart, from his childhood to early twenties. Henry, as a member of the Irish Citizen Army, becomes personally acquainted with several historical characters, including Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Michael Collins. Energized by Sinn Féin's victory in the General Election of 1918 and the party's establishment of the independent Irish Republic, Henry participates in the Soloheadbeg Ambush, the first engagement of the Irish War of Independence, as a lookout. Later, he becomes a gunman in the ensuing guerilla war against the British, setting barracks on fire, shooting G-men and training others to do the same. At the end of the novel, Henry comes to think that the endless violence and killing of innocent people has little to do with the concept of a free Ireland, or the prospect of a better life in Ireland and more about personal gain.
Lynch's wedding in Dundalk Jail appears on page 93 and is reproduced below (with thanks to publishers Johnathan Cape)
A list is currently being compiled but amongst the more unusual references to Lynch discovered so far is by the novellist, dramatist and screenwriter, Roddy Doyle. Amongst 'The Commitments', 'The Snapper' and 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' is the novel 'A Star Called Henry'.
A Star Called Henry (first published in 1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. The novel is set in Ireland in the era of political upheaval between the 1916 Easter Rising and the eventual truce signed with the United Kingdom in 1921, as seen through the eyes of young Henry Smart, from his childhood to early twenties. Henry, as a member of the Irish Citizen Army, becomes personally acquainted with several historical characters, including Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Michael Collins. Energized by Sinn Féin's victory in the General Election of 1918 and the party's establishment of the independent Irish Republic, Henry participates in the Soloheadbeg Ambush, the first engagement of the Irish War of Independence, as a lookout. Later, he becomes a gunman in the ensuing guerilla war against the British, setting barracks on fire, shooting G-men and training others to do the same. At the end of the novel, Henry comes to think that the endless violence and killing of innocent people has little to do with the concept of a free Ireland, or the prospect of a better life in Ireland and more about personal gain.
Lynch's wedding in Dundalk Jail appears on page 93 and is reproduced below (with thanks to publishers Johnathan Cape)