Tributes have been paid to the country’s oldest All-Ireland medal winner, Jimmy Lynam of Cork, who has died at the age of 100.Lynam, who won his first hurling All-Ireland in 1952 when he came on as a sub in Cork’s All-Ireland 2-14 to 0-7 win over Dublin and won a second a year later as a member of the Cork panel, died at Ballynoe nursing home near Cork City on Sunday, just five weeks shy of his 101st birthday.Glen Rovers chairman Liam Martin paid tribute to Lynam, who hurled with Glen Rovers and played football with its sister club St Nicks in a career that, in addition to his All-Ireland hurling success with the Rebels, also saw him win a Munster football medal with Cork in 1949.“Aside from his success with Cork in both hurling and football, Jimmy was a tremendous club man with Glen Rovers and our sister club St Nicks – he won seven senior county hurling championships with the Glen between 1944 and 1954 and one football championship with St Nicks in 1954.“He had a lot of achievements on the field in both codes – you get a lot of great players that come and go but Jimmy stayed. He had a great grá for football and he stayed treasurer with St Nicks for 40 years – that was some record of service.“He was also heavily involved when the Glen Hall was built in Blackpool in the 1950s with a significant input from Jack Lynch – of course he hurled with both Lynch and Christy Ring – so when it came to putting something back into the club, Jimmy was never found wanting.”Martin described as Lynam as a slight, slender hurler who survived the robust exchanges of the 1940s and 1950s on his skill and speed and his ability to read the game when he lined out for Cork at corner forward against some of the toughest backs of the time. “He was very droll – he was driving into his 90s and he used to come up to the club every Sunday morning, but he would always have a funny quip with lads with plenty of banter and slagging – he was your typical unassuming northsider.”[ ‘England declared war as I travelled to Croke Park’: Cork hurling legend Jimmy Lynam turns 100Opens in new window ]Although he won his first All-Ireland playing in 1952, Lynam’s first experience of Croke Park was in 1939 when he travelled to Dublin to see Cork lose to Kilkenny by a point in the famous Thunder and Lightning final, but his memories extend far beyond the match.“It was September 3rd, 1939 and England declared war on Germany that day,” he recalled last year. “I was only 14 years old and people were worried going up in the train when they heard the news that war had been declared, and of course it lasted six years and millions were killed – it was terrible.”All-Ireland winning Cork hurler Jimmy Lynam celebrating his 100th birthday with his family in Whites Cross, Cork.