Robert Lyons Marshall

Robert Lyons Marshall (11 March 1887 – 23 March 1971), known by the pen name Tullyneil, was an Irish writer and clergyman. Marshall was from Sixmilecross in County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was a Presbyterian minister, a writer and poet, and professor of English and history at Magee College, Derry.

Biography Marshall was the elder brother of William Forbes Marshall, the so-called 'Bard of Tyrone'. His short stories in At Home in Tyrone and some of his poems were written in the local Ulster English dialect.

He was the Presbyterian minister of Maghera from 1914 to 1932, was professor of English at Magee College from 1932 to 1955, and professor of History at Magee College from 1932 to 1950.

List of works The Heart of Tyrone (short stories) The Quota Press, 1940 At Home in Tyrone (short stories) The Quota Press, 1944 Rhymes of Tyrone (poems) The Quota Press, 1945