Chris Lawlor Local Historian - Bio

Local Historian Bio Chris Lawlor lives in Dunlavin and teaches history in Naas C.B.S. He is married to Margaret and has three sons, Declan, Jason and Michael. He holds an M.A. in history and is the author of five books:

1. The massacre on Dunlavin Green:A story of the 1798 rebellion (Naas, 1998);
2. Canon Frederick Donovan’s Dunlavin 1884-1896:A west Wicklow village in the late nineteenth century (Dublin, 2000);
3. From the Norman Moat to the Spanish Field:A history of the Christian Brothers in Naas 1871-2002 (Naas, 2002),
4. In search of Michael Dwyer (Naas, 2003) 
5. The longest rebellion (Dublin, 2007).

He has also written many articles and essays in local and historical journals, and his essay on ‘Sir Richard Bulkeley’ won the Lord Walter Fitzgerald prize for original historical research in 2003. Chris was commissioned by the CSO to create a history resource for schools for the 2006 census website, which is accessible here. He has lectured extensively, with topics including ‘The massacre on Dunlavin Green’ (The James Connolly Educational Trust, May 1998); ‘In search of Michael Dwyer’ (The Irish Centre, Hammersmith, London, March 2004); ‘Michael Dwyer, the Wicklow Chief’ (The University of Melbourne, August 2006) and ‘Tithe and criminality in pre-Famine west Wicklow (West Wicklow Historical Society, February, 2009). Chris is currently a PhD student in the History Department of St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin. He was awarded an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Government of Ireland Scholarship in 2007-2008. His thesis will examine the Dunlavin region from 1650 to 1900.

Should you wish to purchase any of Chris' published works you can contact him through his Blog or purchase direct online at Kennys Book Store.