A4 Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott

In the car to/from one of our walks I had Phil/Thin Lizzy on the radio. My two sons loved the "boys are back in town". So we listened to more and the lads loved the music!

Lynott was born in the West Midlands of England but grew up in Dublin with his grandparents. He remained close to his mother, Philomena, throughout his life. He always considered himself Irish, and the Irish always considered him one of their own. 

Phil was the front and lead of Thin Lizzy. The name came from the character "Tin Lizzie" in the comic The Dandy, which in turn came from the nickname for the Ford Model T car. The H was deliberately added to mimic the way the word "thin" is pronounced in a Dublin accent. Lynott later discovered the saying attributed to Henry Ford, "Any colour you like as long as it's black," which he felt was appropriate for him.

He remains a popular figure in the rock world, and in 2005, a statue in his memory was erected in Dublin.