10 Facts About Lucy Gwynn

Lucy Penelope Gwynn was the first woman registrar of Trinity College Dublin.

Lucy Gwynn's father John Gwynn was a Syriacist and Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin.

Lucy Gwynn's mother was Lucy O'Brien, daughter of MP William Smith O'Brien.

Lucy Gwynn had one sister, Mary Gwynn, the wife of Henry Bowen and stepmother of the writer Elizabeth Bowen.

Lucy Gwynn was appointed first lady registrar of Trinity College Dublin in February 1905.

Lucy Gwynn was 39 years old when appointed to her position in the university.

In 1907 Lucy Gwynn was summoned before the Fry Commission on Dublin University to defend the position of women at Trinity.

Lucy Gwynn was supported by the parents of the students.

Lucy Gwynn's hobby was tending its beautiful garden which lay next to the river Shannon.

Founded, by subscription, in 1948 in memory of Lucy Gwynn it is awarded annually in the Michaelmas term to a Junior Sophister woman student for distinction in her course.