THE son of Phil Lynott believes the rock legend secretly fathered three other kids in Ireland — on what would have been his 75th birthday today. The iconic Thin Lizzy frontman passed away in 1986. Now Phil’s son Macdaragh Lambe, who bears an uncanny resemblance to dad Phil, said he learned of the other offspring through his own contacts in the Irish music scene. Kildare man Macdaragh found out aged 35 that he was Phil’s son. He told The Irish Sun: “There are three other children of Phil’s I know of in Ireland. “I’ve approached at least one of them but they are not out in the open like me. “But we are all in the same boat. We hear Phil or Thin Lizzy on the radio and it hits you, but you try to get on with life.” Now 58, and a dad-to-two, Macdaragh said his wish is that his two kids — son Ruairi, 15, and daughter Matilda, nine — will one day be united with Phil’s two UK-based daughters, Sarah and Cathleen. Macdaragh told us: “I have no contact with them, (Sarah and Cathleen). But I’d love if there was contact. My hope is time is a great healer. They have kids growing up and so do I. “I have not given up on the idea of contact but it’s not something you chase every day”. However, Macdaragh said he is delighted that his two kids have a great relationship with his birth mother, who remains anonymous. She had a relationship with Phil before he found fame and gave him up for adoption after he was born in 1968. Macdaragh said: “My birth mum and my kids are very close and it’s a wonderful thing.” His son Ruairi also met Phil’s late mum Philomena, of Crumlin, before her death in 2019, aged 88. The meeting came after the she acknowledged Macdaragh was Phil’s son and her grandson in a newspaper interview. Philomena said: “Yes, he (Macdaragh) is Philip’s son. He has the same thumbs, like Philip used to slam the bass guitar, and eyes.” NO ESTATE INTEREST Despite this, Macdaragh said he never asked for a share of royalties generated by his late father’s music. He added: “I’ve never been interested in the Phil estate and I know I would never get to meet my sisters properly if I went that way. It’s just not something I’m interested in.” Working as a prop master on the set of new Irish film Learning To Breathe Under Water, in Galway means he can’t travel to Dublin this week for Phil’s 75th birthday celebrations. They include two concerts in The Grand Social on Friday and Saturday nights, featuring Grand Slam, as well as a fan walk starting at the Phil statue outside Bruxelles on Harry Street at 2pm on Saturday, heading down to the Ha’ Penny Bridge where Phil filmed his iconic Old Town music video. Macdaragh, who was brought up by Oliver and Martina Lambe in Celbridge, Co Kildare, explained: “All my life growing up, people told me I looked like Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy, so you can imagine what I thought when, after my parents died when I was 35, I tracked down the adoption papers and saw my father’s name on the page was ‘Philip’ and his occupation was ‘musician’. “That’s when I said to myself, ‘My dad is Phil Lynott’.” This was confirmed when he met his birth mum, but the news came too late for a reunion with Phil who passed away in 1986 aged just 36 from heart failure and pneumonia. Macdaragh said: “I’m happy with my life, and for me and my children to know we have a connection to such a celebrated Irish man. Happy 75th, Philo”.
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