Billy French

Billy French worked all his life as a bricklayer eventually becoming an Inspector of Bricklaying in Local Government. He is also a novelist, poet, songwriter and playwright. He contributed to the best-selling No Shoes in Summer (Wolfhound Press) and wrote Growing Up in Crumlin Village. He has written many short stories for Ireland’s Own and other magazines.

The Journeyman A Builders Life is printed by Wolfhound Press. It is a highly informative nostalgic account of Billy’s eventful life from boy apprentice to journeyman builder in Old Dublin.

He still lives in his much loved Crumlin with his wife.