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Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.


Patrick MacGill


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In early 2008 a docu-drama starring Stephen Rea was made about the life of Patrick MacGill. An annual literary summer school is held in Glenties in mid July each year in his honour. 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 (1/18th Battalion The London Regiment) and was wounded at the Battle of Loos on 28 October 1915. An annual literary summer school is held in Glenties in mid July each year in his honour. MacGill wrote a memoir-type novel called "Children of the Dead End".

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