Dónall Mac Amhlaigh

Dónall Peadar Mac Amhlaigh (10 December 1926 – 27 January 1989) was an Irish writer active during the 20th century. A native of County Galway, he is best known for his Irish-language works about life as a labourer in the post-Second World War-era, as part of the Irish diaspora in Britain. His first book, ''Dialann Deoraí'', is his most widely known and has been translated into English under the title "An Irish Navvy: The Diary of an Exile". Provided by Wikipedia