Kathleen Goodfellow

Kathleen Goodfellow (20 August 1891 - 20 May 1980) was an Irish writer, poet and translator who was involved with the Irish nationalist cause. While a member of Cumann na mBan, she met artist Estella Solomons with whom she would have a lifelong friendship. Under the pseudonym Michael Scot, she wrote Three Tales of the Times, a book about life in Ireland under the Black and Tans. She also translated French poetry, particularly that of François Villon. She was independently wealthy and owned a row of houses in Donnybrook, Dublin. She was a patron of the arts and of The Dublin Magazine, a literary journal owned by her friend Seumas O'Sullivan, to which she contributed articles, poems and book reviews. She also supported children's charities and was on the Board of Governors of the Royal Hospital in Donnybrook.