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BOB LYNCH
Not a great deal is known about Bob Lynch except that he is another Dubliner, born and bred. He continued to play a very active part in the folk scene both at home and abroad for a number of years after he left the Dubliners. It is only in the last few years that little or nothing has been heard of him in that regard.
Bob is married and had three children at the last count. He also, as far as is known, continues to run his own electrical business not far from Dublin City Centre.

source: The Dubliners Scrapbook

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…it was also through Bob (Lynch) that (John) Sheahan joined the Dubliners in 1964. Sadly, in a state of deep depression, Bob took his own life…

“His suicide was a shock,” says Sheahan, “because he was always a very happy fella. Always cracking jokes. We drifted apart; I had lost contact with him for the previous five or six years before he died.”

source: “The Dubliners: Legends in their own happy hour”
By Barry Egan
From: The Irish Independent

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		Side One Nut Brown Maiden Henry My Son The Ould Triangle/ Weila Weila Waile Step It Out Mary Green Fields of France An Chualain Whiskey In The Jar Side Two The Rare Ould Times Irish Soldier Laddie Dicey Riley/ Courtin In The Kitchen/ Reilly's Daughter Poor Old Dublin Town The Town I Loved So Well Danny Boy/ Old Maid In a Garret
Bob Lynch From the Land of Carolan 1980—CBS 84268 LP

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Musicians:
Bob Lynch: Vocals, guitar
Paddy Fitzgerald: Fiddle
Johnny Way: Banjo, Mandolin
Des Moore: Bass Guitar

Recorded at: Windmill Studios
Engineer: Paul Waldron
Produced by: Jackie Hayden

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Carolan
A name from the Mists of Irish History

This is not an album of the music of Carolan. In fact none of his compositions are included. Rather the title is a reflection of the great debt owed to this man by all lovers of Irish music.
Turlough Carolan was born in 1670 and despite losing his sight in his youth, he passed the remainder of his life as a wandering musician. Many of his most popular songs and airs were written in honour of the generous hospitality he received from a series of famous patrons.
Carolan was undoubtedly the most famous composer and harpist Ireland has ever produced. Although he died in 1736 the legacy of his music has been drawn on down through the centuries by all those involved in furthering Irish music in its many forms.

For us all, Ireland is “the land of Carolan".
Bob Lynch
 

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Bob Lynch
-True Dubliner
Bob Lynch first came to the attention of the public when he was an original member of The Dubliners. But although the group were then on the brink of their international break-through, Bob's spirit lay more in his own songwriting. So sacrificing certain fame and fortune Bob left the Dubliners and set off along the dusty roads of North America.
In Canada Bob received the solo acclaim he so richly deserved. His songs were recorded by several artists, and two reached the top-sellers' charts there. As a performer he made quite a name for himself with his unique style and distinctive treatment of songs which have been battered into submission in the hands of less - subtle musicians and singers.
Now Bob is back in Dublin “the town he loves so well". He feels particularly determined that the Dublin he was born in shall retain its character and its heart.
On this album he takes us on a grand tour of Ireland - The Land of Carolan, his choice of songs taking us from Dublin to Derry, through old songs and new. with a couple of traditional instrumentals thrown in “as a bonus", and even including one of his latest compositions "Poor Old Dublin Town".