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Edinburgh Canal Society

In 2008, the Boathouse and one of the rowing boats were a filming location for a creative documentary, commissioned in Ireland and named An Paísti Beo Bocht, about the life of Patrick MacGill, the Irish journalist, author and poet, nicknamed "The Navvy Poet" due to his earlier occupation as navvy on the canals.

Patrick MacGill

In early 2008, a docu-drama starring Stephen Rea was made about the life of Patrick MacGill, which was released in Ireland in 2009 as "Child of the Dead End."

Patrick McGill

Patrick MacGill (1889–1963) Irish writer, known as the "navvy poet"

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