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stairnaheireann · 9 months

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#OTD in 1930 – Birth of Frank McCourt in Brooklyn, NY. He was an American-Irish teacher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, best known as the author of Angela’s Ashes.

Writer and educator Francis “Frank” McCourt was born on 19 August 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, as the eldest of seven children. McCourt’s father, Malachy, worked odd jobs while his mother, Angela, worked to raise the children. The family frequently struggled to make ends meet and, after a long stint of unemployment during the Depression, the McCourts returned to their native Limerick in 1934. The…

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#Angela&039;s Ashes #Author #Brooklyn #Frank McCourt #Ireland #Limerick #Malachy McCourt #New York #Pulitzer Prize #Teacher

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travsd · 2 months

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Slán, Mr. McCourt

Malachy McCourt (1931-2024) passed away just a week ago; it made sense to me save a little send-off to him for today, St. Patrick’s Day. Malachy was not as well known internationally as his Pulitzer Prize winning brother Frank McCourt (1930-2009), author of the books Angela’s Ashes (1996), ‘Tis (1999), and Teacher Man (2005), and the stage play The Irish…and How They Got That Way (1997).…

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#actor #Angela&039;s Ashes #Frank McCourt #Irish #Malachy McCourt #Malachy&039;s #New York #storyteller #writer

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author-mandi-bean · 3 years

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On Frank McCourt.

Join me on a walking tour inspired by ANGELA'S ASHES by reading "On Frank McCourt."

Miracle Maddie Before I get to Frank McCourt, let’s talk about the miracle in my life. Maddie had a good week. Dr. Harch, the hyperbaric oxygen treatment specialist from Louisiana, spoke with Maddie’s mom over the phone after seeing a video I made of Maddie’s progress. He saw cognitive improvements on the video and decided to continue Maddie’s current dose in treatment until she’s weaned off…

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#Angela&039;s Ashes #Author #Blogger #Frank McCourt #Her Beautiful Monster #Ireland #Limerick #Mandi Bean #Miracle Maddie #University of Limerick #Walking Tour #Writer

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polilla-lynn · 3 years

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4 Brief Book Reviews: Reagandoodle and Little Buddy - Sandi Swiridoff; Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt; The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Kim Michele Richardson; My Sister the Moon - Sue Harrison

4 Brief Book Reviews: Reagandoodle and Little Buddy – Sandi Swiridoff; Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt; The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek – Kim Michele Richardson; My Sister the Moon – Sue Harrison

Wow! This past week went quickly and I realized I hadn’t posted another set of reviews for you. So, here it is. Title: Reagandoodle and Little Buddy: The True Story of a Labradoodle and His Toddler Best Friend Author: Sandi Swiridoff Published: October 2, 2018 I chose this book for the 52Bookclub challenge, prompt “featuring adoption.” This is such a fun story, a serious story but told from…

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#Angela&039;s Ashes #Book reviews #Frank McCourt #Kim Michele Richardson #My Sister the Moon #reading #Reagandoodle and Little Buddy #Sandi Swiridoff #Sue Harrison #The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

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andyfliz · 4 years

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Angela's Ashes

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belfasttimes · 5 years

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Review: Angela’s Ashes

Angela’s Ashes – The Musical until Saturday 7th September 2019

According to programme notes ‘Angela’s Ashes’ is the most widely translated Irish memoir of all time, Frank McCourt’s memories of his growing up, born in New York of Irish parents he returned with them to Limerick to, as he puts it, a miserable Irish Catholic childhood. It was a chaotic growing up, his loyalties divided between his…

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#angela&039;s Ashes #Belfast #Grand Opera House #Northern Ireland #Review #what&039;s on

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tlynnetolles · 7 years

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Day 6 St. Patty's Fun - No female Leprechauns - Angela's Ashes - cupcakes

Day 6 St. Patty’s Fun – No female Leprechauns – Angela’s Ashes – cupcakes

St. Patty’s Day Fun – Day 6 with treats, trivia and games Did you know….

THERE ARE NO FEMALE LEPRECHAUNS

Don’t be fooled by any holiday decorations showing lady leprechauns. In traditional Irish folk tales, there are no female leprechauns, only nattily attired little guys.

Drinking Games – Angela’s Ashes

Stay home and rent the movie “Angela’s Ashes.” Watch it with some close friends and a bottle…

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#Angela&039;s ashes #chocolate mint cupcakes #new adult paranormal romance #no female leprechauns #T. Lynne Tolles

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erickacarmen · 6 years

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What I'm planning on reading this Summer

What I’m planning on reading this Summer

In my head I was going to make this a seasonal thing, but Spring has passed and Summer is coming at us full force. As much as I hate warm weather, I’m looking forward to sitting on my porch and reading whatever book I decided was going to spark my fancy that week. I don’t know if it’s my newfound obsession with Belletrist’s Instagram account, but I feel like every time they talk about a new book…

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mominaarif · 8 years

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Angela's Ashes and the holy terror of a word.

Angela’s Ashes and the holy terror of a word.

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt is a beautiful remembrance of what seems to have been a battle won against poverty. Winner of Pultizer Prize, it is rightfully a competitor of Dickens. It reminds you even so of ‘A tree grows in Brooklyn ‘ by Betty Smith. ” ’tis a sad day for the men of Ireland when they need a bird to tell them a man is dead. “ We are narrated in an authentic Irish tone that only…

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#Angela&039;s Ashes #autobiography #book blogger #book blogging #book review #books #catholicism #consumption #diseases #Frank McCourt #ireland #limerick #Memoirs #protestants #shakespeare

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vulturehound · 8 years

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Like the Book? See the Film

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#angela&039;s ashes #Books #film #Gone Girl #lovely bones #shutter island

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stairnaheireann · 10 months

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#OTD in 2009 – Death of author, Frank McCourt, in New York.

Writer and educator Francis “Frank” McCourt was born on 19 August 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, as the eldest of seven children. McCourt’s father, Malachy, worked odd jobs while his mother, Angela, worked to raise the children. The family frequently struggled to make ends meet and, after a long stint of unemployment during the Depression, the McCourts returned to their native Limerick in 1934. The…

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#Angela&039;s Ashes #Author #Brooklyn #Frank McCourt #Ireland #Limerick #Malachy McCourt #New York #Pulitzer Prize #Teacher

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author-mandi-bean · 4 years

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On adjusting to a new normal.

Let’s all be especially kind to each other as we adjust to a new normal. With that in mind, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share how to stave off cabin fever while "social distancing" during this pandemic. Read "On adjusting to a new normal."

I absolutely love where I live. I just got back from walking the full length of the boardwalk, and it was obvious where maintenance had been done, where old boards had been ripped up and replaced by new boards. On the new boards, people had written encouraging messages for those walking the boards. There were messages like, “CONFIDENCE” and “MOVE IT!” and “Happy Day!” and “Have a BEER!” There…

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belfasttimes · 5 years

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The Gallery: Angela’s Ashes The Musical

The story is brought to life in this emotional telling of a childhood in Limerick and beyond, featuring unforgettable songs and melodies, told with a rare lyricism and a warm inimitable sense of humour.

As his parents struggle to provide for him and his brothers in 1940s Ireland, we follow young Frank’s escapades and experiences in a Dickensian landscape peopled by a drunken father, a helpless…

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#angela&039;s Ashes #Grand Opera House

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irishbluejay · 8 years

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Damien Dempsey: The History Of Ireland in Song

” I really appreciate the honesty and hopefulness and compassion in his songs” says Alissa Skinner. “His openness about struggles like depression; Chris & Stevie made me cry in public”. She is referring to the great Irish troubadour Damien Dempsey, who we had the privilege of seeing in concert last night at The Imperial in east Vancouver. Damo as he is so affectionately known by. The folksingers…

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vadasmaker · 9 years

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R.I.P. Dr. Kestner

The world lost a brilliant scholar yesterday.

Dr. Joseph Kestner was my all-time favorite professor at the University of Tulsa. I was there for eight semesters, and I was in his class for seven of them. He wasn’t teaching anything I needed during the last semester of my Ph.D. course work, and I suffered acute Kestner-withdrawal.

Everybody knew when Dr. Kestner was in the building. He didn’t…

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#angela&039;s ashes #bronte #Joseph Kestner #university of tulsa #victorian

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in 2009 – Death of author, Frank McCourt, in New York.

Writer and educator Francis “Frank” McCourt was born on 19 August 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, as the eldest of seven children. McCourt’s father, Malachy, worked odd jobs while his mother, Angela, worked to raise the children. The family frequently struggled to make ends meet and, after a long stint of unemployment during the Depression, the McCourts returned to their native Limerick in 1934. The…

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#Angela&039;s Ashes #Author #Brooklyn #Frank McCourt #Ireland #Limerick #Malachy McCourt #New York #Pulitzer Prize #Teacher

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