Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish Navvy

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	A NIGHT IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE	1
II.	OLD CUSTOMS	8
III.	A CORSICAN OUTRAGE	15
IV.	THE GREAT SILENCE	18
V.	THE SLAVE MARKET	25
VI.	BOYNE WATER AND HOLY WATER	34
VII.	A MAN OF TWELVE	41
VIII.	OLD MARY SORLEY	48
IX.	A GOOD TIME	56
X.	THE LEADING ROAD TO STRABANE	62
XI.	THE 'DERRY BOAT	67
XII.	THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ASHAMED	74
XIII.	THE MAN WITH THE DEVIL'S PRAYER BOOK	84
XIV.	PADDING IT	92
XV.	MOLESKIN JOE	99
XVI.	MOLESKIN JOE AS MY FATHER	105
XVII.	ON THE DEAD END	111
XVIII.	THE DRAINER	127
XIX.	A DEAD MAN'S SHOES	129
XX.	BOOKS	136
XXI.	A FISTIC ARGUMENT	146
XXII.	THE OPEN ROAD	151
XXIII.	THE COCK OF THE NORTH	168
XXIV.	MECCA	175
XXV.	THE MAN WHO THRASHED CARROTY DAN	182
XXVI.	A GREAT FIGHT	197
XXVII.	DE PROFUNDIS	213
XXVIII.	A LITTLE TRAGEDY	217
XXIX.	I WRITE FOR THE PAPERS	225
XXX.	WINTER	230
XXXI.	THE GREAT EXODUS	243
XXXII.	A NEW JOB	254
XXXIII.	A SWEETHEART OF MINE	263
XXXIV.	UNSKILLED LABOUR OF A NEW KIND	274
XXXV.	THE SEARCH	287
XXXVI.	THE END OF THE STORY	298

CHILDREN
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CHILDREN OF
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