Life
1846-1947; 7th child of John Young of Galgorn, Ballymena, prosperous and
Unionist; br. Willie sec. of Ulster Unionist League (later UUP); influenced
by Bishop Wm. Reeves to study Ireland, and attended Gaelic League classes
in London, at Ladbroke Hall, taught by Micheál Breatnach and Edith
Drury; also studied Irish at Coláidste Chomhghaill, Falls Rd.,
taught by Seán Ó Catháin; course in Donegal Gaeltacht
at Coláiste Uladh in Gort a Choirce; publ. Duanaire Gaedhilge
(1921), songs and poems from Gaelic; Duanaire Gaedhilge a Do
(1927), sel. from 17th and 18th centuries; Duanaire Gaedhilge a Trí
(1933), poems from the classical period; see also Diarmid Ó
Doibhlin, ed., Duanaire Róis Ní Ógáin
[with] Going Up the Glen, Protestant Womenfoldk of the Glens of Antrim
and the Irish Language, an essay on Miss Yong [launched by Lady Brookeborough,
Tullyglass Hse. Hotel, Ballymena, 4 Dec. 1995].
Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)