He plays Gaelic football with his local club Naomh Abán and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1999 to 2011.
In the end victory went to Naomh Abán by 1–9 to 1–6 and Lynch collected a county intermediate championship winners' medal.
Lynch first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork senior football team in the late 1990s.
He made his debut in the 1998–99 National Football League, a season which saw Cork reach the final of the competition.
A 0–12 to 1–7 score line resulted in victory for 'the Rebels', and gave Lynch a National League winners' medal in his debut season.
Later that year he made his championship debut in the provincial series as Cork cruised to a Munster final showdown with arch-rivals Kerry.
Cork's victory on a score line of 2–10 to 2–4 was unexpected as Lynch claimed his very first Munster winners' medal.
The pressure was on the Cork footballers to secure a rare double, particularly since their hurling counterparts had won the All-Ireland title a fortnight previously.
Immediately after the interval Trevor Giles missed a penalty while Joe Kavanagh responded with a goal which gave Cork a brief lead.
Cork won by a huge score line of 1–23 to 0–7, giving Lynch a second Munster winners' medal.
2003 was a difficult year as Cork surrendered their provincial crown at an early stage before later crashing out of the championship in the All-Ireland qualifiers.
An unconvincing victory over Clare was followed by a humiliating 0–18 to 0–12 defeat by Fermanagh and an end to Cork's championship ambitions.
In an embarrassing game of football for Cork, Lynch's side were trounced by thirteen points on a score line of 1–19 to 0–9.
In a similar pattern to previous encounters Cork failed to beat Kerry at Croke Park.
Cork gave a good account of themselves, however, Kerry could not be beaten and Lynch's side went down on a 1–15 to 1–13 score line.
[6] In 2008 Cork gained a modicum of revenge on Kerry when the sides met again in that year's Munster final.
Both sides met again in the All-Ireland semi-final, however, after a thrilling draw and a replay Kerry were the team that advanced to the championship decider.
The team laid down their credentials at an early stage with a defeat of Monaghan to take the National League Division 2 title.
[8] Lynch also missed Cork's subsequent All-Ireland quarter-final but looks set to return for a semi-final showdown with reigning champions Tyrone.
The game was a largely dull affair, with the southern province securing a 0–1 to 0–6 victory and a Railway Cup winners' medal for Lynch.