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219 Pubished Letters,
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Bob's father, William and mother Mary - she was a successful farmer's daughter - settled in South Dakota. The one-room schoolhouse he attended was on his father's farm. As he says, "The seeds of lifelong learning were well-rooted first in my home by my parents. We always had plenty of reading material with lively discussion at the table, and we had music too.".>>More
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My Journey Home
Jeremiah & Ellen Lyons immigrate to America. 1845 >>Click
FIRST DAKOTANS: The Lyons Experience by Thomas D. Lyons. Edited by Robert F. Lyons (1991). (22 stories from Commonweal magazine). >Click eBook
Oklahoma Days: Dakota Son, Oil Country Lawyer by Thomas D. Lyons. Edited by Robert F. Lyons (1991). >Click eBook
-Notes on Thomas D. Lyons Essays
by Frank Lyons >Click
James A. Donohoe - Moves family from Iowa to Yankton 1910. >>Yankton Press & Dakotan, June 11, 2011
- Orphan Trains in Dakotas Irish Colony, Immigrants & Orphan Trains from Boston to Yankton, Dakota Territorial Capital 1861-1883, On its 150th Anniversary>>August 2011 IRISH AMERICAN NEWS
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LETTERS TO EDITOR CONTINUED >>
198. Trump’s proposed tax reform indeed weighted for wealthy. Portland Press Herald, October 2, 2017
199. Hollow Man, Yankton Press & Dakotan, October 11, 2017
200. Real Action must be taken on gun control, Argus Leader, Oct. 13, 2017
201. Platitudes are poor substitute for progress after tragic shooting. Portland Press Herald, October 16, 2017
202. Remove Trump for 'Dereliction of Duty', Argus Leader, Nov. 1, 2017
203. Take a stand against Trump, Bangor Daily News, Nov. 3, 2017
204. “SEX: THE THING THAT TAKES UP THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME AND CAUSES THE MOST AMOUNT OF TROUBLE.” NEW YORK TIMES: November 18, 2017
205. POWER OF IRELAND: CHURCHILL: “THE IRISH ARE AN ANCIENT RACE.” IRISH TIMES December 7, 2017
206. Collins betrayed Maine. Bangor Daily News. December 9, 2017
207. CARDINAL LAW’S DISTURBING LEGACY LIVES ON: AN IRISH VIEW ON ROME. Portland Press Herald, December. 26, 2017
208. The once powerful, but forever disgraced Cardinal Law has died, but.... National Catholic Register, Dec. 27, 2017
209. Know-Nothings 21st Century & My Irish Ancestors, New York Times, January 16, 2018
210. Time to take a stand against Trump, Portland Press Herald, January 19, 2018
211. Cardinal O'Malley should warn Pope about his position on clerical sex abuse, Portland Press Herald, February 9, 2018
212. St. Patrick's Day: “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Irish American News, Chicago, Feb. 14, 2018
213. Deafening Silence on Guns in SD, Yankton Press & Dakotan, Feb. 26, 2018
214. Maine Voices: On St. Patrick's Day, Search for 'symbols adequate to our predicament' Portand Press Herald, March 12, 2018
215. Stormy Daniels & Aesops Fable & Trump. New York Times, March 25, 2018
216. In Stormy Daniels scandal, perhaps there’s place for public service announcement MARCH 26, 2018, Boston Globe
217. Protection should be law. MARCH 31, 2018, Boston Herald
218. 'Grand old man' served Maine, N. Ireland-Irish flag flew briefly over the State House.
Maine Sunday Telegram, April 15, 2018
219. House chaplain loses his job for spreading gospel of Jesus Re: “The politics of prayer?” Portland Press Herald, May 1, 2018
220. My mother's advice to the IRISH Bishops. IRISH Examiner, May 30, 2018
Letter read out loud: https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-examiner/20180530/282037622839987/radio
221. By Doing nothing...Trump & Rise of Facism. July 5, 2018 Yankton Press & Dakotan
222. BATTLE OF BOYNE 12TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS & ORANGE ORDER DECLARATIONS: TÓG É GO BOG É. IRISH TIMES, published on-line Friday, July 13, 2018
223. Fascism doesn't happen overnight. Kennebunk Post, July 13, 2018
224. PUTIN HOOKS TRUMP, Bangor Daily News, July 21, 2008
225. A Hollow Ring [on Trump] Yankton Press & Dakotan, July 24, 2018.
226. Putin has Trump hook, line and sinker ...
Portland Press Herald, July, 28, 2018
227. Free speech and freedo m of the press are foundation pieces. Kennebunk Post, August 10, 2018
228. Church no longer has hold over State in Ireland, IRISH EXAMINER, August 10, 2018
229. Open Forum-Letters, Yankton Press & Dakotan, August 20, 2018
230. Letters to editor important to Democracy, York County Coast Star, August 24, 2018.
231. EDITORIAL: Another View: Systematic cover-ups are testing the faith of world’s Catholics: IRISH Advice to Pope. Portland Press Herald, August 26, 2018
233. "A little work to do" on Judge Kavanaugh, Yankton Press & Dakotan, October 3, 2018
234. Trump 'Dirty Deeds' trickling out for all to seet. Portland Press Herald, Dec 20, 2018
235. Brexit, the border and the backstop: Sucked into the Irish Bog. IRISH TIMES December 22, 2018.
236. Brexit Snags Irish Border: No history is mute. New York Times, Posted on-line December 26, 2018
237. The Flight of the Earls: Retracing the Footsteps of the Last Gaelic King of Ireland in Rome, Irish America, Jan/Feb 2019
238. Kennebunk: Scam of Elderly & an Irish Fable, Kennebunk POST, February 1, 2019
239. Yankton Set To Get Its Irish On For St. Patrick’s Day , Yankton Press & Dakotan, March 11, 2019
240. Without the Irish, there would be no United States of America. Portland Press Herald. March 17, 2019
241. Northerly Direction: Brexit & Northern Ireland, IRISH TIMES, March 18, 2019
242. IT COULD BE BREXIT THAT FINALLY GETS THE BRITISH OUT OF IRELAND. IRISH TIMES. Published on-line April 23, 2019
243. Holocaust eduction bill in Maine should be expanded to include other atrocities: IRISH FAMINE. Bangor Daily News, May 3, 2019
244. Teach Irish Famine as well as Holcuast, says leading Irish American Academic, IRISH CENTRAL, May 3, 2019
245. Irish Famine should be part of genocide curriulum, Portland Press Herald, May 6, 2019
246. Power & Pride in South Dakota – Riot Boosting” Prohibited. Yankton Press & Dakotan, May 15, 2019
247. After Brexit, End of Overall plan for extinction (Jimmy Cagney). IRISH AMERICA May 29, 2019
248. "Dead it is?" [Constitution] June 26, 2019, Yankton Press & Dakotan
249. Fourth of July Opinion: Impreach, York Co Coast Star, June 28, 2019
250. Trump & Shakespeare, Bangor Daily News, June 27, 2019
251. Letter to the editor: Trump’s denials don’t negate evidence of abuse of power, ...
252. Launch Impeachment Fireworks, Kennebunk Post, July 5, 2019
253. Ireland wags the tail of Great Britain dog. New York Times, September 13, 2019
254. Britain’s exit from the European Union should lead to a united Ireland, September 20, 1803. Potland Press Herald, Sept. 20, 2019
255. IRISH TIMES, Jimmy Cagney’s IRISH History Lesson. Published on-line. October 19, 2019
256. Storm Trooper Blues, October 29, 2019, Yankton Press & Dakotan
257. Pause in USM’s renaming prompts reflection. Portland Press Herald Tuesday, December 10, 2019
258. WILL BREXIT BRING THE TROUBLES BACK TO NORTHERN IRELAND? New York Times Sunday, January 5, 2020
259. IRISH AMERICA December 2019 / January 2020
[CLICK Video>> Paddy Homan & Bard of Armagh to Louis Armstrong]
260. Galway 2020 Tour with Paddy Homan, Irish American News, February 2020
261. Tearing up Trump's Speech. IRISH TIMES, February 6, 2020
262. We Get Letters: from Bob in Kennebunkport on St.Patrick and Brexit Irish American News, February 2020
263. Maine Voices: Ireland helped unite Europe, and Ireland should stay with Europe, Portland Press Herald, March 17, 2020
264. Trump, OVID-19 & IRISH FAMINE, New York Times, on-line, March 30, 2020
265. Coronavirus & Irish potato famine, Bangor Daily News, April 1, 2020
266. Innoculation, Yankton Press & Dakotan, April 16, 2020
267. Staying in Place (Covid-19) Yankton Press & Dakotan, May 15, 2020
268. Medical Service Corps could provide jobs, protect health, Portland Press Herald, May 19, 2020
269. Kennebunk Post, Demonstrations were historic event, June 12, 2020
270. YORK COUNTY COAST STAR. Inspired by lcal demonstration, June 12, 2020.
271. 'North by Northwest' revisited. [Mount Rushmore descrated once again]. Boston Globe, July 11,2020
272.Rushmore Reactions, Yankton Press & Dakotan, July 13, 2020
273. Wear A Mask,York County Cast Star, July 24, 2020
274. Sen. Thune: JANUS-FACED politician. Yankton Press & Dakotan Sept, 29, 2020
275. NEW YORK TIMES: ITS AN ILL BIRD THAT FOULS ITS OWN NEST. NOVEMBER 3RD. Published October 2, 2020.
275. Debate was a cage fight. Yankton Press & Daktan, October 9, 2020
276. Trump fouls nest. New York Times - on-line Nov. 11, 2020
277. The Pardoner's Tale & Trump. Bangor Daily News, December 15, 2020
278. Epithet: Typhoid Mary & Gov. Noem, SD. Yankton Press & Dakotan, December 17, 2020
279. 'The Pardoner's Tale' offers a medieval take on Trump. Portland Press Herald, December 30, 2020
280. A reflection on the meaning of democracy. York Co Coast Star. January 15, 2021
281. Reflecting on Meaning of Democracy. January 15, 2021.
Kennebunk Post
Letters to the Editor: 1987 New York Times to Present (2010)
by Robert F. Lyons.
100+Letters published nationally and internationally on variety of topics: Politics, Impeachment, Religion,Irish affairs, human relations. 
M o r e Publications &
Letters to Editor
**Letter on NPR ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, Parades in Music in Northern Ireland, >>Read on July 16, 1998
86. The Great Famine - Irish America Magazine Aug-Sept. 2010 - >Click
87. Letter read on RTE National IRISH RADIO on Morning Ireland * Pope & Condoms, Nov. 25, 2010 Click>RTE RADIO. Go to & click >>It Says in the Papers. Letter read at 3:54 minutes.
88. Sameletter printed in >Irish Examiner, Nov. 25, 2010)
89. Ireland may bend, but it won’t break >Boston Globe Dec. 24, 2010
90. Matter of Fairness for Women>Yankton Press & Dakotan March 23, 2011
91. Practice Contraception >Argus Leader, Sioux Falls April12, 2011
92. Ireland's Banking Crisis >IRISH TIMES April 20, 2011
93. Story of the Divided Blanket: An Irish Narrative on Elder Care for our time: Irish American News Sept. 2010
94.Taoiseach Enda Kenny poaches Pres. Obama in Dublin >IRISHTIMES May 25, 2011
95. Don't build on flood plain >Argus Leader, Sioux Falls August 8, 2011
96. Snowe, Collins should back Democrats’ payroll tax cut. >Portland Press Herald, December 8, 2011
97. What Ireland has lost by a stupid ban. IRISH EXAMINER, September 19. 2011
97B. Bishop of Derry calls for end to celebacy in Catholic Church. THE GUARDIAN, September, 2011
98. Shenanigans in South Dakota >Yankton Press & Dakotan, December 29, 2011
99. Town is asking the wrong question. >Kennebunk Post, February 10, 2012
100. Lower Village must be protected From uninformed hotel plan.>The Journal Tribune, York County's only daily newspaper. March 21, 2012
101. Plan Change Not Minor. >York County Coast Star, March 22, 2012
102. Residents turn out for Lower Village Meeting >Kennebunk Post, March 23, 2012
103. Save Lower Kennebunk Village >New Maine TImes, April 4, 2012
104.Residents of Lower Village
Want to retain small-town feel > Journal Tribune, April 10, 2012
105. Time to take a stand in Lower Village, OPINION York Co Coast Star, April 12, 2012
106.Chase Hill Road can't handle the traffic >Kennebunk Post, April 13, 2012
107. Kennebunk review board ignored residents’ concerns >Journal Tribune, April 26, 2012
108. Cardinal Brady should resign over failures>Irish Examiner, May 16, 2012
109. K'port must think deeply about Lower Village development >Journal Tribune, June 7, 2012
110. Serious discussion about Lower Village long overdue >York Co Coast Star, June 7, 2012
111. Questions raised about development in Lower Village >Kennebunk Post June 8, 2012
112.Kennebunk Staff Review Not Sufficient. >New Maine TImes, June 13, 2012
113. Kennebunk board right to insist that businesses call 'bunk home >Journal Tribune, June 29, 2012
114. Businessess take note of 'Ode to 04043' >Kennebunk Post, July 6, 2012
115. Kennebunk vs. village: location, location, location >York Co Coast Star, July 12, 2012
116. Residents tired of treatment >York Co Coast Star, July 26, 2012
117. Board needs to listen to town's residents >Kennebunk Post, July 27, 2012
118. A Familiar Echo? >Yankton Press & Dakotan, >September 21, 2012
119. Romney 47% remark & Irish Famine >Maine Sunday Telegram, September 23, 2012
120. Romney’s policies echo those during time of Irish famine >Journal Tribune, October 2, 2012
121. Triumphalism over flags re-opens old wounds>IRISH Examiner, December 12, 2012
121. Will tragedy bring about federal action? >Kennebunk Post, January 11, 2013
122. Zumba saga puts Kennebunk in Global spotlight >Portland Press Herald, June 10, 2013
123. Anglo fallout and the bank guarantee >Irish Times, July 12, 2013
124. Falling from grace: Bishop Casey >Irish Examiner, August 07, 2013
125. Thank you Michael, for your dreams >Irish Examiner, September 06, 2013
126. Renovation impact deserves careful study >Kennebunk Post, December 20, 2013
127. Bridget's Shawl -Bridget O’Donnell of Cork, Ireland, my great-grandmother, was sent out to Boston by her father in 1846. >Irish America Magazine Feb/March 2014
>>Bridget's Shawl A p p r a i s e d
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128. Hard Way Home - Paddy Homan's new CD >Irish America Magazine April / May 2014
129. Paddy Homan's New Album Launches in April >Irish American News, April 2014 (on-line)
130. Paddy Homan's New Album Launches in April - The Hard Way Home - "There’s a voice that speaks to everyone" >Irish American News, April 2014
131. K’bunk must again reject parking waiver >Journal Tribune, Weekend, April 6, 2014
132. [Same letter in Kennebunk Post April 12, 2014]
133. Heaney’s prophetic words: Lopsided Ireland >IRISH EXAMINER, Saturday, May 10, 2014
134. Trojan Horse gallops through Village - Planning Board July 28, 2014 - film 2 mins
135. Lower Village hotel proposal is a Trojan horse >Journal Tribune July 31, 2014
135. >Kennebunk Hotel - Trojan Horse ..Planning Board Protest. July 28, 2014
136. York Co Coast Star
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Jennifer Feals, Reporter
Controversial Kennebunk hotel development proposal withdrawn
PROTESTING PEOPLE PROTECTING KENNEBUNK LOWER VILLAGE PAYS OFF [editorial cartoon]
137. Good riddance to hotel plan
Kennebunk Post Agust 15, 2014
138. A Heritage Worth Celebrating: Education >Yankton Press & Dakotan October 17, 2014
139. Media continue to kick around a lot of hot air >Portland Press Herald May 14, 2015
140. Dublin Castle perfect for our bid for freedom >IRISH Examiner May 26, 2015
141. Dublin Castle a fitting site for celebration of freedom >Boston Globe May 27, 2015
142. Another step to freedom advances at castle courtyard >Portland Press Herald May 28, 2015
143. Margaret Higgins Sanger: Wonder Woman. >IRISH AMERICA August/September 2015
144. Yankton History To Be Displayed In Mead Building, >Yankton Press & Dakotan-August 28, 2015
An added bonus to my recent trip from New England for the 60th anniversary reunion of my Yankton High School class was an invitation from Crystal Nelson, Director/Curator of the Dakota Territorial Museum to discuss some exciting exhibit possibilities for the future galleries at the rehabilitated Mead Building. Features imprint of Irish in Yankton. >READ ARTICLE
145. IRISH PRIDE STIRS HURLING - PADDY HOMAN & Boys of Fairhill. >NEW YORK TIMES - August 31, 2015
146. I AM IRELAND by PADDY HOMAN, for the centenary of 1916 Easter rising -the story of the RISING from 1798 to 1916 through the songs & speeches of the people.
Premiers in Chicago October 10th & on the road throughout 2016. >I AM IRELAND: PADDY HOMAN (Video)
REVIEWS August 2015
“If you have only one drop of Irish blood, see this show and you will feel that drop of blood replicating throughout your soul and stirring your heart to sing along with Paddy." Irish American News, August 2015
“What W.B. Yeats captures in his historic poem, EASTER 1916 ...All changed, changed utterly: / A terrible beauty is born..., Paddy Homan captures in this compelling 90 minute program, the story of Ireland's Risings, celebrated through the songs and words of her people. Now and in time to be, I AM IRELAND will be the social media of this story, and Paddy Homan, its superb messenger.” RFL
Singer Paddy Homan preps new one-man show, 'I Am Ireland...
Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, October 5, 2015
147. Charlie Lyons Coughlin Legacy will continue - ARGUS LEADER, November 25, 2015
148. Maine history holds lesson on intolerance - Portland Press Herald, December 21, 2015
149. Easter Rising. History Ireland, January 2016
150. Blanket approach could curb elder abuse. Portland Press Herald, January 15, 2016
151. Casting a cold eye on 1916 (and 1966) , History Ireland, March/April 2016
152. It’s time for Republicans to consider some amusing advice, Portland Press Herald April 6, 2016
153. Another View: British can’t be excused for brutally suppressing Irish, Maine Sunday Telegram, May 1, 2016
154. People of Lower Village were heard. York Co Coast Star, June 2, 2016
155. Voices of Lower Village people finally heard . Kennebunk Post, June 3, 2016
156. Paul Ryan - "shifting weather-cock". POLITICO, June 20, 2016
157. Brexit: Carcass of Empire. New York Times, June 25, 2016
158. Europe’s unity shattered, June 29, 2016, IRISH EXAMINER
159. Corkman Paddy Homan Receives Award, Irish American News July 2016
160. Actions create adversarial relationship, Kennebunk Post July 15, 2016. More...
161. The Dark Knight, “candidate who radiates conflict and disorder.” --Huffington Post, July 22, 2016
162. Will S.D. get behind democratic nominee? Argus Leader, August 6, 2016
163. Time for Maine’s reps to ‘administer a stiff kick’, York Co Coast Star, August 11, 2016
164. The Republicans are reaping what they have sown. New York Tribune, August 13, 2016
165. GOP’s wounds are self-inflicted,
Boston Globe, August 28, 2016.
166. Hillary: That was no retraction!
The Guardian, September 10, 2016
167. Jack Coleman: Committed to Lifelong Learning, The Chester Telegraph, VT, Sept. 10, 2016
168. LePage should resign. York Co Coast Star, Sept. 15, 2016
169. Weighing in on a candidate’s character may affect voter choices during the election:Will your principles guide you at the polls?Argus Leader October 17, 2016
170. Another Answer (Sen. Thune) Yankton Press & Dakotan October 18, 2016
171. America Need Crack Glass Ceiling, IRISH EXAMINER, Nov. 15, 2016
172. Clinton leaves ‘gender equality’ legacy. Argus Leader Nov. 18, 2016.
173. Trump's tweeting finger - new weapon of mass destruction. Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2016
174.Will the mad tweeter remember his executive duties? Portland Press Herald, December 2, 2016
175. Consider this antidote to post-election despair. Boston Sunday Globe, December 11, 2016
176. ‘Stifled in South Dakota’
177. The ‘Ethics Snuffer State’?, Yankton P&D, Feb, 1, 2017
178. Flynn departs as Trump tweets, The Irish Times, Feb. 16, 2017
179. Maine Voices: The Irish have literally made their marks all over the world’s pages. Portland Press Herald, March 9, 2017.
180. Ireland's Legacy for St. Patrick's Week, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, March 9, 2017
181. From discord to accord over St. Patrick’s Day parade. Boston Globe, March 14, 2017
182. In Major Defeat for Trump, Push to Repeal Health Law Fails : Ryan’s Daughter II NEW YORK TIMES March 25, 2017
183. An AFC Carol, A letter from Ebenezer Scrooge to Sen. John Thune …, Yankton Press & Dakotan, March 28, 2017
184. South Dakotans may be left ‘vulnerable’ by Noem. Argus Leader, May 11, 2017
185. Trump tromps onto the world stage: A stunning abandonment of our accord with Europe. Boston Globe, June 3, 2017
186. Republicans' outrage should be directed a top offender. Portland Press Herald, July 15, 2017
187. Get Well Soon! The Ultimate Faustian Deal. Yankton Press & Dakotan July 25, 2017
188. Senate vote for health care require courage. Argus Leader, July 26, 2017
189. In Senate Health Bill Defeat, Courage and Bombast on the Big Stage. Portland Press Herald, August 1, 2017
190. Americans need to remember their own story: My First American Relatives. IRISH EXAMINER, August 8, 2017.
191. Stop the Merry-Go-Round on Health Care, Yankton Press & Dakotan, August 8, 2017
192. Refugees, immigrants made ‘America great’, Argus Leader, August. 15, 2017
193 Assaults on the Senate will accomplish little. Washington Post, August 15, 2017
194.Bill dishonors immigrants of all stripes who helped build this great country, Portland Press Herald, August 17, 2017
195. Mother Teanga (Mother Tongue) IRISH AMERICA, August/September 2017