F S L Lyons

The late F.S.L. Lyons was one of the most distinguished historians of modern Ireland. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1923, he was Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, at Hull University and later at Kent University. The author of Ireland since the Famine, he was Provost of Trinity College, Dublin from 1974 to 1981. He died in Dublin in 1983.

The late F.S.L. Lyons was one of the most distinguished historians of modern Ireland. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1923, he was Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, at Hull University and later at Kent University. The author of Ireland since the Famine, he was Provost of Trinity College, Dublin from 1974 to 1981. He died in Dublin in 1983. See less