Kevin Lynch (hunger striker)

Lynch's older brother, Frank, was an amateur boxer and he also participated in the sport as well as Gaelic football and hurling.

Lynch was a member of the winning Dungiven team which won the Feile na nGael Division 3 in Thurles, County Tipperary in 1971 and in 1972 he captained the Derry Hurling team to an Under-16 All-Ireland title at Croke Park, Dublin by defeating County Armagh.

[1] At fourteen years of age Lynch joined the local branch of Fianna Éireann, at that time linked to the Official IRA.

He disagreed with the ceasefire called by the Official IRA in 1972 and joined an independent republican active service unit in the South Londonderry area.

[3] Kelly and the other hunger strikers are commemorated on the Irish Patriots and Martyrs of 1798, 1916 and 1981 Memorial in Waverley Cemetery in Sydney, Australia.