Patrick macgill 24 december 1889 november 1963 was an irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as. Patrick macgill books list of books by author patrick macgill. This work was reproduced from the original artifact. First posted on myt patrick macgill is the only person i know of who wrote books about life as an ordinary workingclass british army soldier in. This work is in the public domain in the united states of america. During the first world war, macgill served with the london irish rifles 118th patrick macgill 24 december 1889 november 1963 was an irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as the navvy poet. Patrick macgill has 25 books on goodreads with 2194 ratings. As part of our ongoing commitment to delivering value to the reader.
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He was the first of eleven children born into a poor farming family and went to mullanmore school for three years until the age of 10. Born in ardun in the glen of glenties, county donegal in 1890, patrick macgill was the eldest of the 11 children of small farm holders william and bridget macgill. Children of the dead end by patrick macgill read online on. A soldier of the london irish during the great war in europe including the amateur army, the red horizon and the great push patrick macgill published by leonaur limited.
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Macgill wrote a memoirtype novel called children of the dead end. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Patrick macgill and the red horizon the road to god knows. Patrick macgill s most popular book is above the dreamless dead. The red horizon by macgill, patrick, 1890 at the best online ebook storage. Patrick macgill became known as the navvy poet when a slim little volume of poetry which he had mostly written when working on the railways in scotland and which he called gleanings from a navvys scrapbook came to the notice of the literary critics in britain. Download patrick macgill s the red horizon for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. The project gutenberg ebook of the red horizon, by patrick macgill. Black and white photograph of patrick macgill in uniform holding a gun. Books go search todays deals best sellers customer service. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Download and read online for free the red horizon by macgill, patrick, 1890. Explore books by patrick macgill with our selection at.
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