Aubrey Gwynn
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Life
He came from a Protestant academic family, the son of Stephen Gwynn and the grandson of John Gwynn, professor of theology at Trinity College Dublin. Gwynn converted to Roman Catholicism at age 10, when his mother was received into the Catholic Church.. He attended the Jesuit-run Clongowes Wood CollegeClongowes Wood College
Clongowes Wood College is a voluntary secondary boarding school for boys, located near Clane in County Kildare, Ireland. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1814, it is one of Ireland's oldest Catholic schools, and featured prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the...
from 1903 to 1908. A watercolour portrait of him as a child by his godfather Walter Osborne
Walter Osborne
Walter Frederick Osborne was an Irish impressionist landscape and portrait painter. Most of his paintings featured women, children, and the elderly as well as rural scenes.-Career:...
is in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland
National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art. It is located in the centre of Dublin with one entrance on Merrion Square, beside Leinster House, and another on Clare Street. It was founded in 1854 and opened its doors ten years later...
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Gwynn was professor of medieval history at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
and President of the Royal Irish Academy
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in...
. His brother Denis Rolleston Gwynn
Denis Rolleston Gwynn
Denis Roleston Gwynn was an Irish journalist, writer and professor of modern Irish history. He served in World War I.He was the second son of Stephen Gwynn, writer and scholar. He was educated at St. Enda's School Rathfarnham, Clongowes Wood College and at University College Dublin where he...
(1893–1971) was professor of modern Irish history at University College, Cork.
He wrote on Irish and church history, but also on topics including the West Indies. He held the Chair of Medieval History at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
from 1949 to 1963.
Works
- Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian (1926)
- The English Austin Friars in the Time of Wyclif (1940)
- The Medieval Province of Armagh, 1470-1545 (1946)
- The Writings of Bishop Patrick 1074-1084 (1955)
- Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland (1970) with R. N. Hadcock
- The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, edited by Gerard O'Brien
- Twelfth Century Reform (A History of Irish Catholicism II) (1968)
- Anglo-Irish Church Life: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (A History of Irish Catholicism) 1968
- Aubrey Gwynn, Cathal Óg mac Maghnusa and the Annals of Ulster (1998 reprint), edited by Nollaig Ó Muraíle