On February 9, 1924, Travers left Australia for England, settling in London. For four years she wrote poetry for the "Irish Statesman", beginning when in Ireland in 1925, Travers met the poet George William Russell (who wrote under the name "Æ") who, as editor of the "Statesman", accepted some of her poems for publication. Through Russell, whose kindness towards younger writers was legendary, Travers met W. B. Yeats, Oliver St. John Gogarty, and other Irish poets who fostered her interest in and knowledge of world mythology.