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Portrait drawing of Patrick MacGill
Portrait drawing of Patrick MacGill
Print of a drawing of a portrait of Patrick MacGill as a young man. Originally done in chalk by Robert J Swan and signed by MacGill, this print was part of a supplement to The Bookman, a literary magazine.
With permission from Donegal County Archives
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Seán Dunne Festival - Enjoying the day
Seán Dunne Festival - Enjoying the day
Seán Dunne Festival - Enjoying the day. Conor Nolan Arts Officer, Oliver Cleary Mayor, John McGahern author, Paul Durcan poet.
© Waterford City Council - Arts Office
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MacGill Family Photo
MacGill Family Photo
Black and white photograph of Patrick MacGill with his family. The photograph includes Patrick MacGill and his wife, Margaret Gibbons, in the foreground, holding their twin baby daughters Patricia and Chriss Ursula. In the background, behind Patrick MacGill stands Mrs A.Gibbons, Mother of his wife Margaret, and behind Margaret stands her sister, Dolly Gibbons.
With permission of Donegal County Museum
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Menu of the Dug-Out Banquet
Menu of the Dug-Out Banquet
Page from The Red Horizon (edition published in 1984), an extract from the chapter The Dug-Out Banquet. This chapter describes a memorable dinner, which took place in a trench in France, described as ‘The Savoy’ dug-out, during the First World War.
With permission from Donegal County Library
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Children of the Dead End
Children of the Dead End
Front cover of Patrick MacGill’s book ‘Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of a Navvy’. This is the cover of the seventh edition, published in 1918 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London. However, this book was originally published in 1914 and it is suggested that 10,000 copies were printed in March of that year. Children of the Dead End was one of two interlocking novels. The other, The Rat Pit, was published in 1915. Both tell the story of Dermod Flynn and Norah Ryan, who come from Ireland as children to work as tattie howkers in Scotland. MacGill writes with first hand knowledge of the experiences and conditions these seasonal workers had to endure.
With permission from Donegal County Library
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Patrick MacGill Summer School Poster
Patrick MacGill Summer School Poster
Poster for the 1995 Patrick MacGill Summer School, Glenties, Co.Donegal, held from 13th – 18th August. It details three areas the summer school will explore. Theme: ‘Cultural Diversity – Can a Marriage of Two Traditions Succeed?’ and a tribute to ‘The Navvies: The Men who Built Britain’. Music: Traditional Irish Music and Violin recital. Exhibitions and Events (as listed on poster.
With permission of Donegal County Archives
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Letter on back of The Men of the Thames
Letter on back of The Men of the Thames
Back of page extracted from a book detailing the poem The Men of the Thames by Patrick MacGill. Originally an extract taken from the London ‘Daily Express’, November 29th 1911. MacGill writes a brief letter from 4 the Cloisters, Windsor, to a comrade stating, ‘I have found a copy other than the only one which I thought I possessed, and shall be pleased if you accept it as a present from a fellow socialist. (I presume you are one).Yours fraternally Patrick MacGill’
With permission from Donegal County Archives
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Cover of 'In My Fathers House' by Seán Dunne
Cover of 'In My Fathers House' by Seán Dunne
Cover of 'In My Fathers House' by Seán Dunne (Gallery Press 2000)editor Peter Fallon. First published Anna Liva 1991.
© The Gallery Press
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The Great Push
The Great Push
Front cover of Patrick MacGill’s book, The Great Push. This is the cover of an edition published in 2000 by Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh, however, it was originally published in 1916. This legendary war literature records MacGill’s experiences at the front line in France, were he wrote this book in the trenches, between raids. In particular, it describes the advance of the London-Irish at the mining town of Loos, France, 1915. After receiving an injury at the Battle of Loos, MacGill finished the last two chapters from a hospital bed in Loos and returned to London.
With permission from Donegal County Library
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Letter from Patrick MacGill with Socialist content
Letter from Patrick MacGill with Socialist content
Letter written by Patrick MacGill c.1912, 4 The Cloisters, Windsor Castle, concerning the British Socialist Party. Addressed only to ‘comrade’, it offers the branch of the B.S.P (British Socialist Party?) a copy of his new book and speculates that the B.S.P is financially not very strong. MacGill states that he had been employed at the London Daily Express, under the editorship of A.C. Pearson. He also states that he now has a job in Windsor Castle translating and copying manuscripts and has induced his master to read The Clarion.
With permission from Donegal County Archives