author
Stephen Lucius Gwynn
1864–1950
An Irish man of letters whose life ranged well beyond the page, he wrote biography, history, poetry, and travel books while also serving in Parliament and later in the British Army during the First World War. His work is closely tied to Irish public life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
9 Audiobooks
Irish Books and Irish People
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
John Redmond's Last Years
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Thomas Moore
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Ulster
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Munster
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Connaught
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Leinster
by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
About the author
Born in Dublin in 1864, Stephen Lucius Gwynn was an Irish journalist, biographer, author, poet, and politician. Reliable biographical sources describe him as a Protestant nationalist, and he represented Galway as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1906 to 1918.
He was educated at St Columba's College and Brasenose College, Oxford, and spent part of his early working life teaching, including time in France. Alongside his political career, he built a substantial literary reputation, writing across biography, criticism, travel, and Irish cultural subjects.
Gwynn's life also included military service: during the First World War, he served as a British Army officer in France. He died in 1950, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both his literary interests and his deep involvement in the political and cultural debates of his time.