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25 Oct 2025

In Pictures: Packie Bonner to open ‘Working Over By’ exhibition

The ‘Working Over By’: Donegal Emigrant Working Lives in Scotland exhibition will launch on Friday, July 11 at 7pm

Brothers Dinnie Gallagher (far left) and John Gallagher (far right) originally from Tully near Dungloe pictured with Mick Durkin (from County Mayo) and John Floyd (from Ballybofey) working for the Cementation company on the interceptor sewer in Seafield, Edinburgh circa 1966.  The dangerous nature of their working environment is conveyed by the condition of their work clothes and the lack of personal protective equipment. (Image courtesy of Mary Gallagher)

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