Behold Aherlow
Michael Lynch (right) with BillyKingston
BEHOLD AHERLOW : AUTHOR
Michael was born and reared in the townland of Gurtavoher in the Glen of Aherlow in the county of Tipperary. He joined the Bank of Ireland in 1951 and became Manager of the Tipperary branch in 1971. In 1962, he married Betty Kelly from Clonmel. They have four children - David, John, Peter and Ann.
His father was a national school teacher in the Glen. He was the Principal in Stonepark school and later in Lisvernane. During the War of Inpendence he was interned in four different prisons as a "suspected dispatch carrier". Michael's mother Eileen Forde came from Ballyduff, Ballylanders in County Limerick. He has three sisters - Mary, Bernadette and Dympna.
"Local folklore and tradition have long appealed to me.With my book, I want to tell everyone about the Glen, the mountains, the hills, the valleys, the villages, its people and its places. I have always felt its magnetic appeal and I want to share this with others".
Michael Lynch