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Angela’s Ashes written by Frank McCourt holds a special place in my heart. The reason for this is that, like Frank McCourt, my hometown is Limerick in Ireland. I actually have another link with the book in that the teacher mentioned in it, Mr O’Neill, was my great-grandfather. Not the greatest claim to fame, I’ll admit, but there you go.

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Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes was originally published in 1996 to great critical acclaim. It was also the subject of some controversy too. Many peers of Frank McCourt stated that he had greatly exaggerated several aspects of the memoir. These included the levels of poverty the family found themselves in, amongst other things. An example of this is that certain peers of Frank McCourt stated that he had attended the boy scouts, something which would not have been possible had he been as impoverished as described.

Contents

• 2 The plot of Angela’s Ashes
• 3 Abandoned by Malachy Senior

What is Angela’s Ashes about?

If one was to describe what Angela’s Ashes is about, then it would be quite simple. A timeline of Frank McCourts’ life from birth until the age of 19. During this time, we first meet him in Brooklyn, New York. Next, after the death of his sister Mary Margaret, the family move back to Limerick, Ireland. The remainder of what Angela’s Ashes is about is his time growing up in Ireland. This involves living in poverty and becoming the man of the house. We also discover how he develops his love of literature and writing.

The plot of Angela’s Ashes

Angela’s Ashes Chapter One

The memoir begins when the McCourt family are living in Brooklyn, New York. Frank McCourt is the oldest child of Malachy McCourt Snr and Angela McCourt (nee Sheehan). Angela of course, being the eponymous title of the memoir.

Although the majority of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes is set in Limerick City, Ireland, the early years are set in Brooklyn. When we encounter him, Frank McCourt, at four years old is the eldest of five children. His father Malachy McCourt is constantly bouncing from job to job and is a rampant alcoholic.

With the birth of Frank’s younger sister Mary Margaret however, Malachy Sr promises to change his ways. He quits drinking and works a steady job. Seven weeks later, Mary Margaret dies and Malachy Senior embarks on a drinking binge. Angela, at the same time, falls into a deep depression as a result of the death of her daughter.

This leaves four -year old Frankie to fend for his siblings. When the neighbours of the McCourts discover this, they send a message to Angela’s family in Limerick. Eventually, Angela’s family convince the McCourts to return to Limerick. Angela is pregnant when the family leave Brooklyn for Ireland.

Angela’s Ashes Chapter Two

Upon their initial arrival in Ireland, the McCourt family goes to visit Malachy Snr’s family in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. However, given the hostilities between the North and the South of Ireland, Malachy’s family are less than enthusiastic to meet his new family. Malachy Snr’s father advises him to go to Dublin and ask the IRA for money given his previous military service. Malachy does so, but with no record of him ever having served, the IRA refuse his request. The family are forced to sleep on the floor of a local police station in Dublin. The police station then club together to buy the family their train fares to Limerick. Angela loses the baby soon after their arrival in Limerick.

The McCourt family’s arrival in Limerick is no less fraught with problems. The Great Depression had even more of an impact on Ireland than it did in the United States. Malachy Sr, hailing from Northern Ireland, finds it difficult to get steady work, which he blames on his Northern Irish accent. As and when he does get steady work, he more often than not drinks the proceeds before they can make it to Angela’s purse.

Chapter Three

After a time, Oliver and Eugene, Frank’s younger twin siblings, both die of pneaumonia within six months of each other. With each death Angela sinks further and further into a depression. She also cannot bear to stay in the house where one of her children died, so the family are constantly moving. With each house move, their circumstances get worse and worse. Eventually, they all find themselves living in a squalid tenement house where they all have to live upstairs on one room.

What makes it even worse is that this house is right next to the only lavatory in the entire street. As such, all of the tenants are constantly walking past to empty pots of urine and faeces, making the smell almost unbearable. Whilst in Limerick, Angela gives birth to two more children. Michael, born in 1936 and Alphonsus born in 1940.

Chapter four

Angela’s Ashes Chapter four brings some light relief to what has gone before. It revolves around Frankie’s friendship with Mikey Molloy, a boy from the neighbourhood. Mikey Molloy’s mother is constantly in and out of St Joseph’s ‘asylum’ in Limerick. Whether this is because she is genuinely mentally unwell or just likes the break, Frankie never knows. We also hear about Frankie making his ‘first communion’. The First Communion is a major step into full indoctrination into the Catholic church.

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Normally a child would receive money from family, neighbours etc, on his first communion. Frankie however, misses out because his grandmother is desperate to talk to the priest. As a result, he thinks that he won’t be able to go to the cinema, the big treat when children have their communion money. However, his friend Mikey Molloy feigns a fit outside the cinema and Frankie sneaks past the ticket collector.

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Chapter five

Frank Mccourt Memoir Angela's Ashes

Chapter five of Angela’s Ashes provides an insight into working class life in Limerick at this time. Angela’s Ashes chapter five sees Frank take on a couple of new jobs. His first job is writing letters for his neighbours, who are impressed with his neat handwriting and varied vocabulary. His second job is delivering lunch everyday for a man who has moved into his grandmothers’ house and works at the local kiln. However, Frank is so hungry that he eats the lunch on the first day and then has to deliver it for two weeks without pay.

In this chapter we also see both of franks parents having to have all their teeth removed and replaced with false ones. Malachy junior jokingly puts his father’s false teeth in his mouth and they get stuck, requiring a hospital visit to get them removed. In the meantime, Frank has been enrolled in weekly dance lessons. However, instead of going, he uses the money to go to the cinema instead. When he gets home, he makes up dances so his parents think he is attending the lessons. It is not until his teacher sends a note home to ask where he has been that the truth comes out. Frank’s father then makes him go to confession to make up for the lies he has told.

Angela’s Ashes Chapter Six onwards

Frankie McCourt is often overlooked in favour of his younger, more attractive siblings. However, he develops a zest for knowledge and reading. At 10 years old he contracts Typhoid fever and is taken to a catholic hospital to recuperate. There he has, for the first time in his life, unlimited access to food and warmth. He is also given free reign with books, and with nothing else to occupy his time, reads like a boy possessed. During his time in the hospital, Frankie McCourt also contracts conjunctivitis. This leads to his eyes developing sores and continually weeping, which does nothing to improve his less than attractive demeanor to some.

World War Two comes along and even though Ireland were a neutral country, many men go to England to get work in munitions factories. Among them are Malachy McCourt Snr. At first, he is regularly sending his wage packets back to Angela and the children. Eventually, this stops and he abandons his family. Once this happens, Frankie, as the oldest boy becomes the man of the house at the age of 12.

Abandoned by Malachy Senior

This leaves Angela and the children destitute. Frankie and Malachy junior do what they can to help provide for the family. This involves scouring the streets for fallen pieces of coal or turf for heating. They also go through the bins at restaurants and steal groceries from doorsteps for food. Eventually a penniless Angela is evicted, and with nowhere else to turn, she moves her and the children in with her cousin, Laman Griffin.

At first, Frankie admires Laman Griffin, who has an interest in books and music. However, eventually, he sees that Laman Griffin is nothing more than a violent alcoholic. Worse is to follow when his discovers that his mother’s ‘payment’ to Lamar to allow them to stay is that she has to sleep with him. Frankie hears her tears one night and for him, that is the last straw. He decides to leave Lamar’s house and has dreams of returning to America.

Frankie moves in with his uncle who lives in a house left to him by his mother. His uncle was dropped on his head as a small child so is somewhat mentally impaired. On his fourteenth birthday, Frankie gets a job as a telegram delivery boy. This enables him to start saving for his passge to America, as well as being able to provide somewhat for his family.

The final chapters

Eventually Frankie’s brothers ask if they can move in with him, They do so and are soon followed by Angela, desperate to get away from Laman Griffin. Frankie now begins to use all of his wages to support the family. In order to keep saving for his passage to America he gets another job writing threatening letters for a moneylender.

One day, Frankie goes to the house of the moneylender and finds her dead. He throws her ledger noting who owes her money into the river Shannon. He then steals her money which, at the age of nineteen. allows him to buy his passage to America.