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Joss Lynams met his future wife Nora Gorevan when she joined the IMC (Irish Mountaineering Club) which was a mountaineering club founded by Joss and Bill Perott in 1948. The couple got married on his graduation in 1951. Nora was the first women to join this club. Joss’s wife Nora died peacefully in her nursing home in bray on Wednesday 6th November 2019. She was surrounded by loved ones, her and Joss’s daughters Ruth and Clodagh, her sister Sheila, their grandsons Chris, Ruairi and Conor and partners, son-in-law Don, daughter-in-law Siobhán, nieces Mary, Catherine, Sheila, Brigie, Anna, extended family, and friends. Her funeral mass was on the 8th of November at 10 am in the Church of St. Therese, Mount Merrion. She was then put to rest and buried in their family cemetery at Shanaganagh alongside Joss and their son Nicholas (Nick).

Joss and his wife Nora had two daughters, Ruth and Clodagh and a son called Nicholas and three grandson, Chris, Ruairi and Conor. His daughters are all still alive but his son Nicholas died in 1987.

Joss had one older sibling. A sister called Biddy’. Both Joss and Biddy were born in London and brought up county Gal, Ireland. Their parents were Edward and Martha Lynam. Edward was a map curator and author of numerous books about maps and map-making. Joss’s parents loved the outdoors, and there were frequent family outings to destinations such as Connemara. These trips inspired Joss to begin mounting climbing. His very first time was in Knocknarea in County Sligo, Ireland.