← Patrick MacGillThe Rat Pitby Patrick MacGillNovel depicting the harsh lives and struggles of urban working-class IrishFind on Amazon↗About the authorPatrick MacGillMacGill was an Irish navvy who educated himself and wrote vivid autobiographical novels of itinerant labouring life in Ireland and Scotland. Children of the Dead End is a landmark in working-class Irish autobiography and fiction.More by Patrick MacGillChildren of the Dead EndAutobiographical novel of Irish migrant workers' brutal lives and hardship→GlennmornanNovel exploring Irish characters and themes of redemption and loss→The Brown Brethren→The Digger→