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Angela's Ashes

A Night to Remember


By Frank McCourt

January 2000

October 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Frank McCourt's second book, 'Tis, follows, where Angela's Ashes leaves off with the young Limerick man making his way in New York. In the following excerpt, Frank's pal Paddy McGovern takes him to an Irish dance hall.Paddy Arthur McGovern warns me that if I keep on listening to that noisy jazz music I'll wind up like the Lennon brothers so American I'll forget I’m Irish … [Read more...] about A Night to Remember

The Irish Rep Presents: “Angela’s Ashes”

July 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Showing September 9 - September 22, 2021Irish Repertory Theatre presents the Pat Moylan production of Angela's Ashes Music and Lyrics by  Adam Howell Book by Paul Hurt Based on the book by Frank McCourt Starring Jacinta Whyte and Eoin Cannon Directed by Thom Southerland Angela’s Ashes: The Musical is a remarkable story, told with rare lyricism and a … [Read more...] about The Irish Rep Presents: “Angela’s Ashes”

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Angela’s Christmas

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Just in time for Christmas, Netflix has produced a 30 minute animated movie based on a Frank McCourt’s story rooted in his memoir Angela’s Ashes. Entitled Angela’s Christmas, the sentimental cartoon may well earn its place alongside Charlie Brown’s Christmas and The Year Without a Santa Claus when it comes to future holiday favorites. Angela’s Christmas features the voice work … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Angela’s Christmas

Frank McCourt High School Graduates First Class

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2014

July 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Frank McCourt High School first graduating class head to college. Best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt also worked as a New York City public school educator, including 15 years as a teacher of English and creative writing at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan until his retirement in 1987. It’s fitting then that soon after … [Read more...] about Frank McCourt High School Graduates First Class

Memoir of an Irish Childhood

By Pete Hamill

September October 1996

September 30, 1996 by Leave a Comment

Author and raconteur Frank McCourt, in his autobiography, has "examined his ferocious childhood, walked around it, relived it, and with skill and care and generosity of heart, transformed it into a triumphant work of art," writes Pete Hamill.   Frank McCourt has written a triumphant book. His memoir of an Irish childhood is in turns hilarious, heart-scalding, bitterly angry. It … [Read more...] about Memoir of an Irish Childhood

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On this day, Eamon de Valera abolished the Oath of Allegiance, a provisional aspect in the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. This provisional aspect originally required all members of the Irish parliament to take an oath declaring their allegiance to the King. This date also marked when de Valera withheld land annuities from England.

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