Ian Lynch is a Dublin-born multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of Lankum - the Irish folk group whose 2023 album False Lankum reached #2 on the Irish Albums Chart and earned a Mercury Prize nomination. Alongside his work with Lankum, Lynch runs the solo project One Leg One Eye with electronic musician George Brennan, drawing on black metal, noise, drone and Irish mythology. He holds an MLitt in Irish Folklore and has lectured on traditional music at UCD, and also hosts the long-running radio show Fire Draw Near, dedicated to the Irish traditional song archive.
One Leg One Eye released their second album CRONE on May 22, 2026 via AD 93, featuring actor Olwen Fouéré on vocals.
One Leg One Eye toured Europe supporting Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with dates including Tampere, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and Warsaw.
One Leg One Eye announced a UK and European headline tour for summer 2026, including dates in Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle and Leeds.
The debut One Leg One Eye album ...And Take The Black Worm With Me was reissued and the project toured extensively, including sold-out shows at Dublin's Project Arts Centre in December 2024.
Lankum were shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize for False Lankum, their fourth studio album, which peaked at #2 on the Irish Albums Chart.
