Funeral of Seamus Clynch

The funeral takes place in Navan on Wednesday of former Meath footballer, Seamus Clynch, of Willowbank, Dublin Road, Navan, who died peacefully at home on Monday morning following an illness. Mr Clynch was a member of the Meath team that won the All-Ireland MFC title for first time in 1957 when scoring a 3-9 to 0-4 final victory over Armagh. In 1958, he was on the Meath minor and junior teams with the juniors going to the All-Ireland 'home' final in which they lost to Galway. He was on county senior team from 1959 to '63. Mr Clynch had a very successful club football career, being part of the famous Navan O'Mahonys SFC five-in-a-row winning side of the 1957 to '61 period. He joined their senior team in 1958 and went on to be part of five Keegan Cup successes, the fifth coming in 1963. A holder of a number of Feis Cup medals, he quit the GAA scene for three years to play rugby with Navan before returning to O'Mahonys in 1967 when playing in the SFC final won by Kilbride. He retired from playing at the young age of 28 in 1968, and later served as a selector with the club. A former manager at the now defunct Navan Carpets, he is survived by his wife, Alice, family, Mark, Paul, Karen and Alan, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, in-laws, relatives and friends. Mr Clynch's remains are reposing at his residence and will be removed to St Mary's Church, Navan, for 8pm on Tuesday 24th May. The funeral takes place at 12.30pm in St Mary's Church, Navan, on Wednesday, followed by burial in St Mary's Cemetery. The O'Mahonys flag flew at half mast outside the Brews Hill grounds as a mark or respect.