At the Gates of Dawn Set in 1980s Britain against

Set in 1980s Britain against the backdrop of ecological crisis

Born in Edgbaston and brought up in Clapham and later Bolton

Autumn and Winter

He also gives his own observations and insights gleaned from his “long love-affair” with the site

she taught classes in the language and the myths

At the Gates of Dawn Set in 1980s Britain againstIn early Irish society there existed an honoured group of people called the Filid. They preserved the native stories and they were learned in the magical arts. It is within this ancient tradition that Ella Young (1867 1956) lived her unique and creative life. In the late 1800s Ella began to gather the old tales that had been handed down from family to family for centuries. She lived among the rural folk in the West of Ireland and in the hills south of