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Ella Young (1867-1956) the Irish poet, Celtic mythologist and author presents a number of problems to any researcher- she not only lived an Irish life of almost 60 years but she went on to have a dramatically different life in California that lasted over 30 years until her death. She also managed to write an autobiography that labelled her in many eyes as a Bohemian free spirit and not a scholar with a vast knowledge of Irish myth and Celtic lore. Using family papers, letters and diaries, Dorothea McDowell's new research monograph discusses Young's relationship with W. B. Yeats (they were...

Ella Young was a revolutionary on several levels. A prominent figure during the Gaelic renaissance she was a friend and confidante of Maud Gonne who stayed with her on many occasions whilst visiting Dublin from Paris both in the Young family residence in Grosvenor Square and later in Ella's Terenure home. The O'Rahilly was also a visitor where they discussed at length the design of the new Irish flag. She broke all conventions of her era to forge a burning thread through Irish revolutionary history. A sleeper agent, she hid machine guns beneath the floor boards of her various flats. She drove...