I had long wanted to read Frank McCourt’s “Angela’s Ashes,” despite not really know what it was about. I knew it was sad. I knew it was about poverty. I knew from the cover it was ...

The brother of Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela's Ashes memoirist Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt left an indelible mark on New York City's Irish American community. As the owner of the quintessential ...

Malachy McCourt, the Irish American author, barkeep, and actor known for his long-running role on the soap opera Ryan's Hope, died Monday in Manhattan. He was 92. His wife, Diana McCourt, confirmed ...

Based on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty ...

Alan Parker (‘The Commitments’) directed and co-wrote Angela’s Ashes, an Ireland-set flick based on the true story of writer Frank McCourt’s childhood—which was challenging to put it mildly.

This adaptation of Frank McCourt's bestselling memoir of his poverty-stricken childhood in Limerick during the Thirties and Forties revels in its endless litany of deaths, diseases and grinding ...