William & Mary C. (Donohoe) Lyons
Willam F . & Mary C. (Donohoe) Lyons
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Robert F. Lyons Publications
From 1986 to present
219 Pubished Letters,
Opinion & Feature Stories
Sketch by Cork artist 2001
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
Sesquicentennial Anthology
Contributions by
By Robert F. Lyons
Jeremiah & Ellen Lyons immigrate to America. 1845 >>Click
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
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LETTERS TO EDITOR CONTINUED >>
198. Trump’s proposed tax reform indeed weighted for wealthy. Portland Press Herald, October 2, 2017
Letter read out loud: https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-examiner/20180530/282037622839987/radio
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
243. Holocaust eduction bill in Maine should be expanded to include other atrocities: IRISH FAMINE. Bangor Daily News, 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
[CLICK Video>> Paddy Homan & Bard of Armagh to Louis Armstrong]
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
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
282.'CATCH THE CONSCIENCE' OF SENATORS. Yankton Press & Dakotan, February 11, 2021
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
85A. ANCHORS - Tom Brokaw - book review. New York Times. November 18, 1990
**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
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
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
“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
148. Maine history holds lesson on intolerance - Portland Press Herald, December 21, 2015
149. Easter Rising. History Ireland, January 2016
155. Voices of Lower Village people finally heard . Kennebunk Post, June 3, 2016
164. The Republicans are reaping what they have sown. New York Tribune, August 13, 2016
165. GOP’s wounds are self-inflicted,
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
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
193 Assaults on the Senate will accomplish little. Washington Post, August 15, 2017
195. Mother Teanga (Mother Tongue) IRISH AMERICA, August/September 2017
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