Eleanor Henrietta Hull was born in England

England

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, of a County Down

County Down

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 family. She was educated at Alexandra College

Alexandra College

Alexandra College is a private, single-sex school located in Milltown, Dublin, Ireland. It serves girls from ages 4 to 19 as boarding or day pupils. The school is one of the most prestigious in Ireland and ranks highly in Leaving Certificate results tables...

, Dublin and was a student of Irish Studies. She was a journalist

Journalist

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 and scholar of Old Irish and in 1899 was co-founder of the Irish Texts Society

Irish Texts Society

The Irish Texts Society was founded in 1898 to promote the study of Irish literature. The Society publishes annotated editions of texts in Irish with English translations and related commentaries....

 for the publication of early manuscripts. She was honorary secretary for nearly thirty years.

Selected works

Her published works include:

• The Cuchulain Saga in Irish Literature (1898)
• Pagan Ireland (Dublin, 1923)
• Early Christian Ireland
• A Text Book of Irish Literature (2 volumes) (1906)
• The Poem-Book of the Gael (London, 1912)
• The Northmen in Britain (New York, 1913)
• Folklore of the British Isles
• A History of Ireland and her People (2 volumes) (1926)

She wrote the English versification (known as the hymn "Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou My Vision is a traditional hymn from Ireland, which is commonly attributed to Dallán Forgaill. It is popular among English-speaking churches around the world.-History:...

" ) for the Irish hymn "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile" in 1912.

She was president of the Irish Literary Society.

She died in Wimbledon

Wimbledon, London

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, England in 1935.

External links

• Pagan Ireland (1923), available from the Internet Archive.
• The Northmen in Britain (1913), available from the Internet Archive.
• The Poem-Book of the Gael (1912), available from the Internet Archive.
• A Text Book of Irish Literature, vol 1 (1906), available from the Internet Archive.
• A Text Book of Irish Literature, vol 2 (1906), available from the Internet Archive.
• The Cuchulain Saga in Irish Literature (1898), available from the Internet Archive.
• A History of Ireland and her People at Project Gutenberg Australia