Editing Des Lynam (section)

==Early years==
Lynam was born in [[Ennis]], [[County Clare]], Ireland,<ref name="Lynam2005">{{cite book |author=Des Lynam |title=I Should Have Been at Work |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5oRKN6xVZ4C |year=2005 |publisher=HarperCollins Entertainment |isbn=978-0-00-720544-8 |page=1}}</ref> and moved with his family to [[Brighton]], England, at the age of six.<ref name="euro 96">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/17/des-lynam-euro-96-football-gary-lineker-terry-venables-england|title=Des Lynam on the story behind Euro 96: 'Football got its smile back'|last=Butler|first=Michael|date=12 June 2021|work=The Guardian|accessdate=18 June 2021}}</ref> He recalled having a strong Irish accent at the time, but eventually lost it. He passed the [[eleven-plus]] in 1954, to attend [[Varndean College|Varndean Grammar School]]. After sitting his [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-levels]], he went into the insurance business.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}