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Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889–November 1963) was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
, poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 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
Glenties

Glenties is a village in the northwest of Ireland in central County Donegal. It is situated where two glens meet, northwest of the Blue Stack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers....
, County Donegal
County Donegal

County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....
. 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
London Irish Rifles

The London Irish Rifles is now known more formally known as "D Company, London Regiment" and is a volunteer Rifle Regiment with a distinguished history....
 (1/18th Battalion, The London Regiment) and was wounded at the Battle of Loos
Battle of Loos

The Battle of Loos was one of the major United Kingdom offensives mounted on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I. It marked the first time the British used Poison gas in World War I during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of new army or "Kitchener's Army" units....
 on 28 October 1915 .

MacGill wrote a memoir-type novel called "Children of the Deadend".






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Patrick Macgill
Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889–November 1963) was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
, poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 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
Glenties

Glenties is a village in the northwest of Ireland in central County Donegal. It is situated where two glens meet, northwest of the Blue Stack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers....
, County Donegal
County Donegal

County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....
. 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
London Irish Rifles

The London Irish Rifles is now known more formally known as "D Company, London Regiment" and is a volunteer Rifle Regiment with a distinguished history....
 (1/18th Battalion, The London Regiment) and was wounded at the Battle of Loos
Battle of Loos

The Battle of Loos was one of the major United Kingdom offensives mounted on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I. It marked the first time the British used Poison gas in World War I during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of new army or "Kitchener's Army" units....
 on 28 October 1915 .

MacGill wrote a memoir-type novel called "Children of the Deadend".

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
Edinburgh Canal Society

The Edinburgh Canal Society is a Charitable society canal society on the Union Canal in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Society's main base is Ashley Terrace Boathouse at Lockhart Bridge, near Harrison Park in the Polwarth, Edinburgh area of Edinburgh....
 at Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
 on the Union Canal
Union Canal (Scotland)

The Union Canal is a 31.5 mile contour canal in Scotland, from Lochrin Basin, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh to Falkirk, where it meets the Forth and Clyde Canal....
, and one of its rowing boats.

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