Patricia Lynch

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Patricia Lynch (1898 – 1 September 1972) was an Irish author of children's literature and journalist.

Lynch was born in Cork, Ireland and became the author of some 48 novels and 200 short stories.

Lynch received her education at schools in Ireland, England, and Belgium. Although a committed Irish nationalist, she retained a London accent to the end of her life.

She is best known for her Turf-Cutter's Donkey series.

Another series of hers is the Brogeen series, a fantasy children's book series. In this series, Brogeen is the name of the main character in the book, a leprechaun who keeps running away from his home. It has been read on radio and released as a puppet theatre on TV.

The books in that series are Brogeen Follows the Magic Tune, Brogeen of the Stepping Stones, Brogeen and the Black Enchanter, Brogeen and the Little Wind, Brogeen and the Bronze Lizard and Brogeen and the Lost Castle.

Lynch's literature, always morally simple, remains praised for its otherworldly depictions of life in the west of Ireland. Her protagonists often encounter characters from Irish folklore, and speak a Gaelicised English reminiscent of Lady Gregory's Kiltartan.

Lynch married historian R. M. Fox in Dublin on 31 October 1922. She died in Monkstown, County Dublin in 1972 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery with her husband. Her semi-autobiographical A Story-Teller's Childhood was published in 1947.