Stanislaus Lynch received an Olympic diploma in the epic literature section at the 1948 London Olympic Games for his work Echoes of the Hunting Horn - one of two Irish artists to receive diplomas at the last Olympic Games to include an arts programme. Lynch was a journalist with the Irish Independent and a respected writer on equestrian sport. Echoes of the Hunting Horn, category in the Art Competitions. The book describes scenes from hunting and horse racing. He also took part in the Lyric Works section with the poem With Hounds in the Hill. In 1952, he again submitted three works to the Olympic Art Exhibition: Hunting Man's Rambles, Hounds are Running and Hoof-Prints on Parchment. On his departure from the 1952 Olympics, Lynch became seriously ill, and was taken from the ship he was travelling home on, to Helsinki, where he had to undergo surgery due to a perforated intestinal ulcer. Lynch was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin. He was a fine horseman, and won many prizes for show jumping. His prose and verse were published in Ireland and England. In addition to his writing Lynch worked for an Irish radio station, broadcasting on equestrian events at the Royal Dublin Horse show. In the 1950s and 1960s, Lynch was a major trader of ponies to England and the United States. In his later years he lived at Tara, and is buried in Skryne in County Meath.
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