Paddy DEVLIN died at the age of 77 in 1986, leaving behind a typescript of nearly 170,000 words describing a career which began in a place called The Rock near Buncrana in Co. Donegal. He had a great memory and a good command of words to describe a life which saw the War of Independence and the Civil War, work as a servant boy for Ulster farmers, work as a laborer for British building firms, a spell in the British Army, another period doing all sorts of jobs and picking up enough educational certificates to "paper a bedroom." War brought his recall to the colors which took him to northern France in World War II and to the retreat from Dunkirk. After demobilization, work as a post office engineer, in trade unionism and as a small farmer brought him at last to retirement and the making of a record of his life. His niece Kathleen BARR edited the manuscript and saw to it that Paddy DEVLIN and the many men and women he represents were not, in their turn, destined for oblivion. "That Was The Way Of It," by P. J. Devlin (ed. Kathleen Barr), published within the last year or two by Mercier Press (ISBN 1-85635-354-0) paperback. Perhaps you can locate a copy if the subject interests you. Review, "Irish Roots" magazine.