“Diary of an Exile” the remarkable work of an Irish construction worker in Britain (IrishCentral)

I’ve been rereading a book I last studied in Irish class back in Dublin, called "Dialann Deoraí,"  or "An Irish Navvy – the Diary of an Exile."
 
Donall Mac Amhlaigh would have been in his twenties when he wrote the diaries that form the basis of "Dialann Deoraí," which cover the years 1951-57.