Richard A. Lynch
Acting
Biography
Richard Lynch is an Irish presenter, publicist, filmmaker, actor and activist best known as the founder of I Love Limerick, a platform made to promote positive stories about Limerick and counter negative media perceptions. It serves as a social enterprise, documenting local life through video, photography, and interviews. Following the passing of his parents, Lynch founded the PR and marketing agency RichardKnows in 2016. He has written a weekly column for the Limerick Leader since 2010 and has performed in the annual University Concert Hall panto since 2012. As of early 2026, he remains active in the local theater scene, recently appearing in Red Riding Hood. Lynch served on the Limerick Pride committee for 16 years, producing the city's first week-long Pride festival in 2008. He officially retired from the committee in 2024 but continues to support the event through media coverage. He was honoured as the 2011 Limerick Person of the Year for his dedication to promoting the city and his community work. He married his partner, Hugo Dahn, in 2018.
Known For
When Agent Starrbooty's adopted niece is kidnapped, she and Agent Page Turner go undercover as prostitutes to rescue her from Starrbooty's old nemesis.
Starrbooty
Myles Breen wrote Language UnBecoming A Lady and, as Bobby, a gay man, he performs it solo, aided only by the songs of the divas Bobby adores. Language UnBecoming A Lady is both camp and very real and earthy. It’s a measure of the writing and Myles Breen’s performance – in particular, how he slips in and out of high camp and then into a more grounded, concrete self in order to distil the complexity of Bobby – that the play cuts the right balance between sentimentality and artistry. It not only tells the tale of a gay man’s progress into maturity but we also get a touching historical journey through the Ireland of the last 30 years and how our perspective and humanity has changed for the better." - Irish Theatre Magazine