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Professor Marian Lyons is a historian at Maynooth University, specializing in Irish history with a focus on early modern periods. She holds the position of Professor of History within the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Her research emphasizes Franco-Irish relations, Irish migration to continental Europe, and the socio-religious dynamics of Ireland from the medieval period through the early modern era. She is particularly noted for her work on Jacobite migrants in Paris and the Kildare dynasty.
Professor Lyons has co-edited several influential volumes, including Strangers to Citizens: the Irish in Europe, 1600-1800, and curated exhibitions such as the National Library of Ireland’s ‘Strangers to Citizens’ (2007-09). She currently leads the Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History series and co-edits the Irish Revolution 1912-23 series with Daithí Ó Corráin. Her recent projects include a biography of Dr. Thomas Arthur of Limerick and editorial roles in journals like the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.
Her scholarship spans topics such as women’s roles in Jesuit missions, political pageantry in Restoration Dublin, and the professionalization of medicine in early modern Ireland. She has contributed to major publications like the Cambridge History of Ireland and co-edits peer-reviewed journals including the Irish Historical Studies.
Notably absent from her profile are formal academic awards, though her extensive editorial work and curatorial contributions reflect her significant influence in historical scholarship.
