 He won New York state championships with Kildare in 1938 and with Kilkenny as late as 1947.He also played on the New York hurling teams in 1943 and 1946.In 1938, Stynes signed on behalf of the American GAA an Irish-American petition for the release of Frank Ryan, the IRA leader imprisoned by Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War for fighting in the International Brigades.