Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939 (The Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford in the Hilary Term of 1978)

In this book Lyons traces the outlines of four conflicting cultures which coexist in Ireland: Gaelic, English, Anglo-Irish and Ulster Protestant. He contends that their interlocking patterns form the basis of Ireland's continuing conflicts. The historical framework of the book is defined by two symbolic dates: the fall of Parnell and the death of Yeats.