Eleanor Hull


Eleanor Henrietta Hull 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 and Frederick York Powell was chairperson 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:
She wrote the English versification for the Irish hymn "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile" in 1912.