Dr. Joss Lynam, Author of the Sport Feature

Dr. Joss Lynam (1924-2011) was a civil engineer by profession, who worked on projects in Britain and India as well as in Ireland, however he is better known for his life-long involvement in Adventure Sports. He was a founder member of the IMC, the first mountaineering club in Ireland in 1948. Returning in the sixties from working abroad, he was also a founder and the first Hon. Secretary of the Association for Adventure Sports in 1969. Concentrating on mountaineering, he was on fourteen expeditions to the Himalayas and many other great ranges, and was the founder and editor of the magazine Irish Mountain Log for 14 years. Dr. Lynam was particularly well-known for the walking guidebooks in Ireland. In 2001, Dublin University recognised his work for mountain and hill sports in Ireland with an Honorary Doctorate in Law.

Master M'Grath illustration

Master M'Grath illustration

G.A.A. Digest

G.A.A. Digest, Gaelic Games magazine

An Gaedheal

An Gaedheal, G.A.A. Journal, 1930s

De Caters' Car Being Cooled at Athy

De Caters' car being cooled at Athy.

Assembly point,the Square,Tralee

Tralee Mountaineering Club members at their assembly point at The Square,Tralee prior to a days activity.

Photograph of the Liffey Swim 2003: Emerging from under O'Connell Bridge

Photograph of the Liffey Swim: swimmers emerging from under O'Connell Bridge

By kind permission of Brian Mongey

Sailing in Howth

Photograph of a group of people sailing out of Howth Harbour in Dublin