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Frank McCourt : Obituary
Published in the Limerick Leader on 20th July 2009 (Distributed in Limerick)The Limerick Leader is inviting its readers, and fans of Frank McCourt world-wide, to pay tribute to Limerick's most famous author, who has died aged 78.
It was his remarkable memoir about Limerick, Angela's Ashes, that propelled Frank McCourt to international fame and fans of the book continue to visit the city to see McCourt's Limerick for themselves. Should you wish to light a candle in his memory, or write about how his memoirs touched you, you can do so here.
The Limerick Leader will be commemorating the Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Angela's Ashes over the coming weeks.
Please tell us what contribution you feel Frank McCourt has made to Limerickand literature in general
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Report this message By gemma louise curran on 9th Jul 2010
i have read all your wonderful books over and over again they are brilliant never have i laughed and cried at the same time,you are a truely a wonderful and greatly missed man,thankyou for enriching many peoples lives with your words,god bless -
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Report this message By maureen hartnett oxford on 21st May 2010My uncle Paddy Clohessy was in the book and my Grandmother Nora Clohessy
My mother was Nancy Clohessy
It gave me great pleasure in reading it and when the BBC done a programme on the book they approached my grandmother who was then i a nursing home to ask her was the church that bad she turned tio Griff Ryhth Jones and said in her buetifull limerick accent, come here little boy they were judge and jury at the time i had to laugh My grandmothers wit was great
Frank also visited Australlia which is were i have a sister and when he arrived at the venue as to which the book was being promoted she went up to Frank ands introduced herself as Jane Hartnett Paddy Clohessys niece and he was delighted to meet her
It was lovley to read how my mother Nancy Clohessys and her family grew up in those dreadfull times but i think they were all happy in thier own way and they just got on with life
Thankyou Frank
Rest in Peace
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Report this message By mossie on 1st May 2010on friday nights on way home from the father's we always went up by the yech and ran down barrack hill and at times we ran the gauntlet of the guys living there . frank brought all those happy memories back ahen he wore his book , the limerick we grew up in and some who never remembered that we were children in those good old days when fun was fun and chips were a tanner and a pint was ten pence and we followed it to half a crown.Thnak you Frank , may you rest in peace .
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THE GIFTED STORYTELLER
Report this message By HELEN BARCROFT on 12th Mar 2010I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MR MCCORD AT AN IRISH EVENING IN COLUMBIA MD WHAT A FINE SPEAKER HE WAS EVERY ONE THERE ENJOYED HIS STORY TELLING AND HUMOUR
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Report this message By Marianne Hehir on 11th Dec 2009may god grant you eternal peace and happiness and keep you safe in his arms
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Great Man, Great Loss!!
Report this message By Carroline Santise on 30th Oct 2009
Rest in Peace :-) Caroline -
A great Limerick man
Report this message By Mary Sheehan on 30th Sep 2009You will be missed Frank. A truly inspirational person. May your gentle soul Rest In Peace.
From Mary Sheehan.
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From a LImerickman abroad...
Report this message By Tim Donovan on 10th Aug 2009As a Limerickman living abroad (in Taipei, Taiwan), one of the first things expats here say to me when they hear I'm from Limerick is, " Ah, Angela's Ashes, great book. Is Limerick still like that?' Thankfully, it isn't but I'm happy that Limerick has been put on the international map by Frank. May he rest in peace.
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Thank You Frank
Report this message By Allison H on 30th Jul 2009
You taught me that its never too late to tell the story. Thanks for helping me connect to my Irish American background and for making me laugh. One of my favorite stories was in Teacher Man, when a student defiantly threw a sandwich at you and you picked it up and ate it. I'm a teacher, and that one always cheers me up! -
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Report this message By JOSEPHINE BRADY on 28th Jul 2009another great book ,also brilliant
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Heartfelt thank you, Frank !
Report this message By Agnes Chan (Malaysia) on 14th Aug 2010