Reviews: Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel
Reviews:
"Sonoma writer Rose Murphy brings Irish mystic and storyteller Ella Young back to the land of the living in her new book out this month from the Liffey Press. Read the book, Ella Young: Irish Mystic and Rebel and see if you aren’t inspired by stories from the mists of a distant, primitive past."
"In Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel, Rose Murphy rescues a significant figure from Ireland's "most splendid time." Friend of Yeats, Maud Gonne, George Moore, and Padraic Pearse, Ella Young hid guns for the 1916 rebels and later the anti-Treaty forces. Her "journey westward" later brought her to California as a cultural ambassador. She lectured about the political and literary ferment she had shared in Dublin, retold the folk tales she had collected in the Irish West, and hero tales from the old sagas, the Táin and the legends of the Fianna."
"With a story that drops big names from early twentieth century Ireland and
includes adventures on the wilder fringes of America, Murphy is well able to
let Young's life speak for itself."
--Tony Bucher, "Irish Mystic and Rebel," The Irish Herald - New Irish Gael, San Francisco, CA
--Robert Tracy, Emeritus Professor of English and of Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
--Books Ireland [ital] March 2008
I was captivated by the mix of lively stories, enchanting photographs and the glimpses of well-known Irish writers that Ella gives the reader. Most moving, however, is the story of this strong woman's constant westward journey told through her letters, her poems, and the recollections of her friends. A rich feast of a book!
--Maureen Adams, Sonoma, CA