Who is Stephen Gwynn

Stephen Lucius Gwynn (13 February 1864 – 11 June 1950) was an Irish journalist, biographer, author, poet and Protestant Nationalist politician. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he represented Galway city as its Member of Parliament from 1906 to 1918. He served as a British Army officer in France during World War I and was a prominent proponent of Irish involvement in the Allied war effort. He founded the Irish Centre Party in 1919, but his moderate nationalism was eclipsed by the growing popularity of Sinn Féin.

Family background

Stephen Gwynn was born in Saint Columba's College in Rathfarnham, south County Dublin, where his father John Gwynn (1827–1917), a biblical scholar and Church of Ireland clergyman, was warden. His mother Lucy Josephine (184...
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Stephen Gwynn Poems

• The Woman Of Beare
  Ebbing, the wave of the sea
  Leaves, where it wantoned before
  Wan and naked the shore,
  Heavy the clotted weed....

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Comments about Stephen Gwynn

• Eponymousbreeze: st. patrick himself for a happy st. patrick’s day! an illustration from my copy of the first edition of “stories of irish history told for children by mrs. stephen gwynn” [1904].
• Carole1418: 6/9 captain stephen gwynn of 6th connaught rangers wrote: “on saint patrick’s day of 1916 the 16th division lay opposite the most conspicuous feature of all the british line: the one survivor of what had been twin pylons, the “tower bridge” erection at loos.
• Llynneirwin: the list of irish saints is past counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as st. patrick – who was an irishman only by adoption. - stephen gwynn
• Demelaatse: -jesse j.d. debow, editor debow's review -stephen elliott, jr., rebel brigadier general -walter gwynn, rebel brigadier general -h.j. harstene, ex-commander u.s. navy -john hagood, rebel brigadier general -duncan n. ingraham, ex-captain usn -p.n. lynch, catholic bishop
• Nut_history: pete rose could return to baseball, go 750-750 and tony gwynn would still have a higher career batting average. remarkable

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