Richard McGuinness is this year’s Friendly Knights of St. Patrick Irishman of the Year.

Like his father before him, he is an educator and a former baseball coach at Lynn English.

His four children are all college graduates.

This is a great guy who has lived a charmed life – and to him – Lynn is a great place.

We congratulate him on this honor – and it is an honor to be the Irishman of the Year in a city where one’s heritage remains very close and meaningful to leading a good and decent life.