From the archives: Don’t believe a word – The life and death of Phil Lynott

In this piece, originally published in Magill magazine in January 1986 in the wake of Phil Lynott’s death, Fintan O’Toole recalls the Thin Lizzy frontman’s upbringing in Crumlin, the band’s rise to fame via the ballrooms of Ireland and the bright lights of London, and the final days of the rocker