Biography of Eleanor Hull
Eleanor Henrietta Hull (15 January 1860 – 13 January 1935) was a writer, journalist and scholar of Old Irish.Life
Hull was born in England, of a County Down family, the daughter of Edward Hull. She was educated at Alexandra College, Dublin and was a student of Irish Studies. On 26 April 1898 she was a co-founder of the Irish Texts Society for the publication of early manuscripts. Douglas Hyde was President, Frederick York Powell was Chairman, and Norma Borthwick and Eleanor Hull were the secretaries. Hull was honorary secretary for nearly thirty years.
She was president of the Irish Literary Society.
She died in Wimbledon, England on 13 January 1935, two days shy of her 75th birthday.
Published works
Her published works include:
Hull, Eleanor, ed. (1898), The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature
Hull, Eleanor (1904), The Boys' Cúchullain
Hull, Eleanor (1904), "Pagan Ireland", Epochs of Irish History, no. I
Hull, Eleanor (1905), "Early Christian Ireland", Epochs of Irish History, no. II
Hull, Eleanor (1906), A Text Book of Irish Literature, vol. Part I
Hull, Eleanor (1906), A Text Book of Irish Literature, vol. Part II
Hull, Eleanor (1911), Cuchulain, the hound of Ulster
Hull, Eleanor (1912), The Poem-Book of the Gael
Hull, Eleanor (1913), The Northmen in Britain
Hull, Eleanor (1931) [1926], A History of Ireland and her People , 2 volumes
Hull, Eleanor (1929), Folklore of the British IslesShe wrote the English versification for the Irish hymn "Rop tú mo baile" in 1912, known as the hymn Be Thou My Vision.
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