Russell was born in 1867 in Lurgan, Co Armagh. His family moved to Dublin when he was 11. He became a journalist, editor, ...

A bronze bust of the Irish writer, poet and artist George Russell is unveiled in Merrion Square Park in Dublin. Maureen Russell, granddaughter of George William Russell (AE) and Taoiseach Garret ...

George William Russell - also known as ‘AE’ and referred to as ‘America’s forgotten friend’ - was a poet, writer, artist and political thinker. He will be remembered in a wide-ranging ...

A sometimes forgotten figure in Irish history, Russell was a renowned political thinker, writer, artist and poet ... The Irish Statesman (1923-30). George William Russell (AE Russell) is buried ...

George William Russell was born in Armagh in 1867 and moved to Dublin as a teenager. He met WB Yeats at art school in Dublin and the two formed a lifelong, if sometimes testy, friendship.