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Cover of Patrick MacGill Summer School Programme
Cover of Patrick MacGill Summer School Programme
Cover of Patrick MacGill Summer School Programme, 2003, 23rd Annual International Summer School, Glenties, Co.Donegal. The theme of the 2003 summer school is ‘Building a more Civilised Society in Ireland’. This programme details how long the summer school has been in existence, that is 1981 – 2003. 1981 was the year of the inauguration of the first Patrick MacGill festival and in 1984, the festival became known as the Patrick MacGill Summer School.
With permission of Donegal County Library
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The Men of the Thames
The Men of the Thames
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, this poem was recited by Charles Knowles, a famous English baritone, at the ‘Express’ meeting, held at Greenwich, to demand a warship for the Thames.
With permission from Donegal County Archives
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Photograph of Margaret Gibbons, wife of Patrick MacGill
Photograph of Margaret Gibbons, wife of Patrick MacGill
Black and white photograph of Margaret Gibbons. Wife of Patrick MacGill, she was the daughter of a Royal Irish Constabulary policeman and was well connected in London society of the day. They lived in a house in Hendon, which Patrick renamed St.Margaret’s after his wife. This was a literary household as Margaret Gibbons was herself a romantic novelist, with genuine storytelling qualities.
With permission from Donegal County Archives
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Seán Dunne Festival - Close up of John McGahern
Seán Dunne Festival - Close up of John McGahern
Seán Dunne Festival - Close up of John McGahern. Sunday 6th April 2003 inthe Greyfriars Gallery at 2:30pm
© Waterford City Council - Arts Office
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Seán Dunne at his desk in Scoil Lorcáin
Seán Dunne at his desk in Scoil Lorcáin
Seán Dunne at his desk in Scoil Lorcáin
© The Gallery Press (from the cover of In My Fathers House
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Battle of Loos Map
Battle of Loos Map
Map details the positions of troops at the front line, at the Battle of Loos. Positions are given for troops both before and after the Battle, which took place 25th September 1915. Patrick MacGill had enlisted with The London Irish Rifles upon the outbreak of war in 1914. However, during the advance on the mining town of Loos, France, 1915, MacGill was injured and returned to London. In 1916, MacGill’s book The Great Push was published, which described his experiences at the Battle of Loos. It is suggested that he wrote many chapters in the trenches and the last two chapters from a hospital bed in Loos.
With permission of Donegal County Museum
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Cover of Goldsmith's Ghost.
Cover of Goldsmith's Ghost.
Cover of Goldsmith's Ghost.This is a collaborative novel with chapters written by writers from three counties and is edited by Paul Perry.
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Seán Dunne Festival - 2003 programme
Seán Dunne Festival - 2003 programme
Seán Dunne Festival - 2003 programme
© Waterford City Council - Arts Office
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Seán Dunne Festival - Jim Nolan opens the Young Writers Awards
Seán Dunne Festival - Jim Nolan opens the Young Writers Awards
Seán Dunne Festival - Jim Nolan opens the Young Writers Awards. The Large Room City Hall. An introduction to the Seán Dunne Literary Festival by Jim Nolan followed by the Mayor's sppech and the presentation of the Young Writer's Awards
© Waterford City Council - Arts Office
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Seán Dunne Festival - full house for a reading by John McGahern
Seán Dunne Festival - full house for a reading by John McGahern
Seán Dunne Festival - full house for a reading by John McGahern. 2:30 pm Sunday 6th April 2003.
© Waterford City Council - Arts Office