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Eleanor Henrietta Hull (15 January 1860 – 13 January 1935) was a writer, journalist and scholar of Old Irish. LifeHull 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.[1][2] 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 worksHer published works include: {{refbegin}}- {{citation| editor-link = Eleanor Hull | editor-last = Hull | editor-first = Eleanor | year = 1898 | title = The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature| url = https://archive.org/details/cu31924026824940 }}
- {{citation| url =https://archive.org/details/boyscuchulainher00hull | title = The Boys' Cúchullain | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | year = 1904 }}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title = Pagan Ireland| year = 1904 | work =Epochs of Irish History | number = I |url = https://archive.org/details/paganirelan00hull}}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title = Early Christian Ireland| year = 1905 | work =Epochs of Irish History | number = II | url = https://archive.org/details/earlychristianir00hull}}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title =A Text Book of Irish Literature | year = 1906 |volume = Part I | url = https://archive.org/details/textbookofirishl01hulliala}}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title =A Text Book of Irish Literature | year = 1906 | volume = Part II| url = https://archive.org/details/textbookofirishl02hulliala}}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title = Cuchulain, the hound of Ulster | year =1911 | url = https://archive.org/details/cuchulainhoundof00hulluoft }}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title =The Poem-Book of the Gael | year = 1912 | url =https://archive.org/details/poembookofgaeltr00hulluoft }}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title = The Northmen in Britain| year = 1913 | url = https://archive.org/details/northmeninbritai01hull}}
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title =A History of Ireland and her People | origyear =1926 |year = 1931| url = http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0800111h.html}} , 2 volumes
- {{citation | authorlink = Eleanor Hull | first = Eleanor |last = Hull | title =Folklore of the British Isles | year = 1929| url = https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200143/BibliographicResource_2000069288070.html }}
{{refend}}She wrote the English versification (known as the hymn "Be Thou My Vision" ) for the Irish hymn "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile" in 1912. References 1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0035869X00087797|title=Eleanor Henrietta Hull|work=Cambridge University Press|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 2. ^The Origins of the Irish Texts Society, HistoryIreland.com, retrieved 8 July 2015
Sources{{refbegin}}- {{citation| url = http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/printPerson/719 |title =Eleanor Henrietta Hull (1860 - 1935) | work = Dictionary of Ulster Biography }}
- {{citation| title = Eleanor Hull | type = Obituary | first = R.R. | last =Marett | journal = Folklore| volume = 46 | issue =1 | year = 1935 | pages = 76-77 | doi = 10.1080/0015587X.1935.9718584 }}
- {{citation| work = ITS Occasional Lectures| volume = 2 | title = Eleanor Hull (1860–1935): Her Background and Contribution to Irish Learning and the Irish Texts Society | year = 2015 | isbn =0957566158 | first = Pádraigín |last =Riggs }}
- {{citation| title =Dame Eleanor Hull : The translator at work | first = Alexandra | last = Barratt | journal = Medium Ævum | volume = 72 | number = 2 | year =2003 | pages = 277-296 | publisher = Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature |doi = 10.2307/43630498 | jstor = 43630498 }}
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