Don't be confused like I was a moment ago...there's a music thread with Benny Lynch in the title. That is a deceased songwriter and performer of traditional Irish music.

The recent death of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali put me in mind of Benny Lynch from, was it, the Gorbals? who became a world-famous boxer, and then died miserably in his '30s.

In the last year or two, the press have regularly reported on the movement to erect a memorial statue to Benny Lynch in his native city.

I know there is a song about Benny Lynch. I'm going to start this thread in the non-music section, however I leave its placement to the discretion of moderators and fellow members.