An Irish Navvy: The Diary of an Exile Tapa blanda - 2003

The Collins Press, 2008. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:9781903464366

Paperback. Very Good.

Collins Press, 2008. Trade Paperback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1966. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Octavo. IX, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Only in good condition with stronger signs of wear and some minor staining to pastedown and endpaper. The book still firm and a good reading-copy. Rare ! Loosely inserted is an interesting newspaper-clipping about the author. Dónall Peadar Mac Amhlaigh (10 December 1926 – 27 January 1989) was an Irish writer. He was born on the Cappagh Road between Galway and the nearby village of Bearna and in 1940 moved with his family to Kilkenny. He left school at 15 to go out to work in a woollen mill and later on farms and in hotels in the West of Ireland. In 1947 he joined the Irish-speaking regiment of the Irish Army. When he left it in 1951 he faced the prospect of unemployment in Ireland. He travelled to England to work as an unskilled labourer. He later became a writer, producing a number of novels and short stories as well as social history. His first book was Dialann Deoraí, an account of his life as a building… Leer más