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'''Martin Lynch''' is a native of [[Belfast]] and reportedly a member of the Provisional IRA Army Council. Lynch is the adjutant-general, who has day-to-day control of the [[IRA]] <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-1706378,00.html De Chastelain extends stay to await IRA move] by Liam Clarke, The Sunday Times, 24 July, 2005 </ref>. He is a former driver of Adams and McGuinness and is considered an Adams loyalist.

'''Allentown Central Catholic High School''' is a [[parochial school]] located at 301 North Fourth Street in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the [[United States]]. It predominantly serves students from the [[Lehigh Valley]] region of the state.

As of 2006, the school's total enrollment is 934 students, with a nearly equal number of female and male students. The school competes athletically in the [[Lehigh Valley Conference]] in District XI of the [[Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association]]. It plays its home [[American football|football]] and some of its [[soccer]] games at [[J. Birney Crum Stadium]], a 15,000 capacity stadium in the city.

In 1999 a car used by Lynch, which took [[Gerry Adams]] and [[Martin McGuinness]] to meetings with the IRA, was found to contain an [[MI5]] bugging device <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1442540,00.html MI5 boss admits bugging Adams] By David Leppard, The Sunday Times, 16 January 16, 2005 </ref>. [[Mo Mowlam]] had personally sanctioned the listening and tracking device found in the vehicle, as she later confirmed in a television interview. MI5 later briefed the Sunday Times that the twenty-thousand-pound device had also been intended to help locate IRA weaponry. The target of the surveillance was Martin Lynch, whose unsuspecting wife owned the car. Adams tacitly confirmed the vehicle’s status as IRA transport when he stated that it was used by both Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin’s chief negotiator, and himself when they travelled to meetings with the IRA. He accused the British of endangering the peace process, describing the affair as ‘an outrageous breach of faith which must be addressed at the highest levels’. His complaints were largely ignored.

==School accomplishments==

==References==

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===Academic accomplishments===

*First place, ''[[Scholastic Scrimmage]]'', 2005 and 2006.

===Athletic accomplishments===

Allentown Central Catholic is particularly known for its highly successful girls [[basketball]] team, which has won the Pennsylvania state championship in four of the past five years. The school's Pennsylvania state championships include:

*Pennsylvania state champions, boys basketball, 1984, 1986.

*Pennsylvania state champions, girls basketball, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

*Pennsylvania state champions, football, 1993, 1998.

*Pennsylvania state champions, girls cross country, 2002.

*Pennsylvania state champions, girls volleyball, 2002.

==Notable alumni==

*[[Michelle Marciniak]], women's basketball coach, [[University of South Carolina]], and former professional basketball player, [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[Portland Fire]] and [[Seattle Storm]].

*[[Billy McCaffrey]], former [[college basketball]] shooting guard, [[Duke University]] and [[Vanderbilt University]].

*[[Ed McCaffrey]], former professional football player, [[New York Giants]], [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Denver Broncos]].

*[[Tony Stewart (football player)|Tony Stewart]], current professional football player, [[Cincinnati Bengals]].

*[[Christine Taylor]], actress and wife of actor [[Ben Stiller]].

==External links==

*[http://www.acchs.info/ Allentown Central Catholic High School Official Web Site].

*[http://www.highschoolsports.net/defaultcal_300.cfm?school=PA181023819 Allentown Central Catholic athletics schedule and scores] at HighSchoolSports.net.

*[http://www.lviac.net/central.asp Allentown Central Catholic High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site].

{{High Schools in the Lehigh Valley}}

[[Category:Allentown, Pennsylvania]]

[[Category:Roman Catholic secondary schools in Pennsylvania]]

[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown]]