Book Publications: The Education Work of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Irish Educator and Inventor, 1744-1817.
Lyons, Tony & Moloney, Noel, Educational Resources in the British Empire: Examining Nineteenth Century Ireland and Literacy
Tony Lyons has contributed many articles and book chapters to various publications over the years.
The book deals with Thomas Orde, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1784–1787, and his plans for an innovative education scheme for Ireland. His education plan was introduced in the Irish House of Commons in 1787, but because of circumstances beyond Orde’s control, it never reached the stage of a second or third reading.
«Tony Lyons’s study restores Thomas Wyse to the prominent place where he belongs – as one of the most consequential and far-seeing educational thinkers in nineteenth century Ireland. Long a neglected figure, everybody interested in the history of Irish education will profit from this work.