At the Gates of Dawn In early Irish society there

In early Irish society there existed an honoured group of people called the “Filid

she taught classes in the language and the myths

The knowledge and use of magical images was once a closely guarded secret of initiates and adepts in the Mystery Schools

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

and phonetic all within the same text

At the Gates of Dawn In early Irish society thereIn 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