Author: Lawlor, Denys Shyne
Biography:
LAWLOR, Denys Shyne (1808-87: ancestry.co.uk)
He was born on 30 Mar. 1808, probably at Grenagh House, Killarney, Ireland, the eldest son of Denis Shine and Ellen Lawlor who had married on 21 Jan. 1807. His father died on 17 June 1812 after falling from his horse. Thereafter the family lived with their Lawlor relatives and on maturity took the name. He was educated at the Roman Catholic college at Ascot, Berkshire, England. He was an admirer and friend of the Irish lawyer and politician, Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) and dedicated the work listed here to him. He strongly supported Catholic Emancipation and the repeal of the Union. During the Great Famine 1845-1852, he was widely admired for his efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the poor and starving. He married Isabella Huddleston (1809-67) of Sawston Hall, near Cambridge, on 4 June 1840 at St. George’s, Hanover Square, Westminster. She came from an ancient English Catholic family. They had three daughters and a son. She died on 25 Sept. 186, at Grenagh, Killarney. After her death he spent at least three years in France with a daughter, a period that he recorded in the work by which he became best known, Pilgrimages in the Pyrenees and Landes (1870). This was followed by his editing and adding to a French manuscript, Centulle, a Tale of Pau (1874), which he completed at Monte Generoso Mendrisio in the Ticino, Switzerland, in June 1872. Both works were published under his name of Denys Shyne Lawlor although he was more often referred to as Denis Shine Lawlor in the press and official documents. The Harp of Innisfail (1829) was published with his initials D.S.L. He married Alice Mary Riley on 26 Aug. 1878 at St. Mary of the Angels, Bayswater, London. There was no issue. He died on 17 Oct. 1887 at Chester Hill, Inchbrook, Gloucestershire, and was buried at the Dominican Priory, Woodchester, on 21 Oct. (ancestry.co.uk 3 May 2023; findmypast.co.uk 3 May 2023; Burke [1879], 931; Morning Chronicle 5 June 1840; Cork Examiner 27 Sept. 1867; Tablet, 31 Aug. 1878, 22 Oct. 1887; Drogheda Argus 12 Nov. 1887, Kerry Evening Post 22 Oct. 1887) AA
Other Names:
- D. S. L.