BET the script is already being drafted. The denouement already imagined. The ghost of John Millington Synge’s Christy Mahon is exhumed. So too is James Carney’s James Lynchehaun, central character of The Playboy and the Yellow Lady.

Apparently, Synge’s Playboy of the Western World was inspired by the actions of the notorious Achill man, who fled to America after attacking the Yellow Lady (Mrs Agnes McDonnell) and burning down her colonial house in 1894. Lynchehaun’s case made legal history when he managed to evade extradition after pleading that his actions were politically motivated.

It is unlikely that Mayo man, Michael Lynn, will have recourse to similar justification as the bounty for his apprehension increases. One thing is for sure though – like Lynchehaun and Mahon – he has achieved a certain notoriety. Begorrah and bedad, he is surely the Celtic Tiger’s Playboy of the Western World.

The full article on the Crossmolina impact of the scandal is well worth the read as are the links at the bottom of the article. Local papers at their finest!

Finally I thought I would leave you with some music for the weekend. Sure what’s a weekend without another exclusive release from Michael Lynn’s Greatest Hits.

This weekend we get the pleasure of hearing Michael singing a ditty entitled ‘I’m out of control’. (Number 73 in you cannot make this up… and I ain’t!)

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