Patrick MacGill

Patrick MacGill

Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889–November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a "navvy" (itinerant labourer) before he began writing.

Patrick was born in Glenties, County Donegal. A statue in his honour is on the bridge where the main street crosses the river in Glenties.

During the First World War, MacGill served with the London Irish Rifles (1/18th Battalion, The London Regiment) and was wounded at the Battle of Loos on 28 October 1915 [Patrick MacGill, "The Big Push", in introduction written by Brian D Osbourne] .

In early 2008, a creative documentary named "An Paísti Beo Bocht" was commissioned about the life of Patrick MacGill. One of the film's locations was the boathouse of Edinburgh Canal Society at Edinburgh on the Union Canal, and one of its rowing boats.

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= External links =Wrote a memoir-type novel called "Children of the Deadend". I don't have publication date.
* [http://dec1980.sdf1.org/macgill/ Official Patrick MacGill website]
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