Glenmornan

This is a strong, poignant account of MacGill’s hunger to return to the place of his birth, and his tragic expulsion.

The Red Horizon

Patrick MacGill, Rifleman No. 3008, London Irish, was one of many thousands of Irishmen who fought in the First World War, and he articulates the experience of that tragic generation, conveying the horror of war but also the resilience of the men.

Moleskin Joe

Patrick MacGill

Filled with superb characterisation, humour, poignancy and eloquence, Moleskin Joe is a vivid portrayal of the hardships of Irish immigrant experience,

The Rat Pit

Patrick MacGill

The book’s appearance proved deeply divisive owing to its fierce anticlericalism and unflinching portrayal of social conditions in the early years of the century. In the intervening years it has lost none of its power to shock

Children of The Dead End

Patrick MacGill

Peopled with extraordinary characters, suffused with humour and yet unflinching in its portrayal of the near slavery of the poor in Scotland and Ireland, Children of the Dead End sold 50,000 copies a year in the 1920s.

The Navvy Poet

The collected poetry of Patrick MacGill