Ebook: An Irish Navvy - The Diary of an Exile: the Diary of an Exile

DIrish construction workers in post-war Britain are celebrated in song and story. Donall MacAmhlaigh kept a diary as he worked the sites, danced in the Irish halls, drank in Irish pubs and lived the life of the roving Irish navvy. Work was hard, dirty and dangerous, followed by pints in the Admiral Rodney, the Shamrock, the Cattle Market Tavern and others. Living conditions were basic at best. This vivid picture of an Irish navvy's life in England in the 1950s mirrors that of an entire generation who left Ireland without education or hope. Days without food or work, the hardships of work camp.;Cover -- Imprint Page -- About the author -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Ward Orderly -- 2 Navvying with Mike Ned -- 3 Stanford in the Vale -- 4 Back in Northampton -- 5 Laying Rails -- 6 On the Jag in London -- 7 The Kilsby Tunnel -- 8 Three Playboys -- 9 An Exile's Homesickness -- 'If you have enjoyed this book ... '