Table of Contents

Introduction1. From Childhood Ghosts to Dublin Mystics2. Spirits and Caves in the West of Ireland3. Yeats, Maud Gonne and George Moore's Green Door4. Gun-Running and the Easter Rising5. The American West, Splended as a Lioness6. New Mexico: Indian Dances and Taos Artists7. Drifters, Dreamers and Mystical Dunes8. Dying the Moment of Her choosing9. Writing the Lost Legacy

About the Author

Rose Murphy has lecturered in English and literature at California colleges, and currently teaches classes on Irish culture in her home town of Sonoma, California. Her own Irish roots go back to County Cork and County Kerry and she travels frequently to Ireland.

Reviews

'In Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel, Rose Murphy rescues a significant figure from Ireland's "most splendid time".' -- Robert Tracy, Emeritus Professor of English and Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley 'This is the fascinating life story of Ella Young, one of the most amazing and extraordinary Irish women of the 20th century ... Very highly recommended.' -- The Cauldron, November 2008