Gang warfare between English and Irish Navvies. [524Synopsis]
Gang warfare between English and Irish Navvies. [524Synopsis]
A version of the Courting Coat {Roud 516} collected from the oral tradition. [513Synopsis]
An Irish Navvy describes his working and social life; and thinks nostalgically of Ireland.
The murder of Green the Ganger by three navvies near Glasgow in 1841. [598Synopsis]
Irish railway workers experience during 1840s.
A navvy goes on the spree and contracts a broom-stick wedding. [264Synopsis]
Gang warfare between English and Irish Navvies. [524Synopsis]
A version of the Courting Coat collected from the oral tradition. [513Synopsis]
The murder of Green the Ganger by three navvies near Glasgow in 1841. [598Synopsis]
A description of the navvies' working life, especially barrowing soil.
An Irish Navvy describes his working and social life; and thinks nostalgically of Ireland.
Irish railway workers experience during 1840s.
A young man searching for work is employed by a ganger(1) and lodges in the ganger's house. The ganger's daughter falls in love with him and follows...