Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Limerick

What do Friends of the Orphans and Frank McCourt (author of Angela's Ashes) have in common?

The answer is: Tricia Hoyt. Tricia is the husband of Jim Hoyt, Executive Director of Friends of the Orphans. Her brother Frank O'Mahoney is the proprietor of O'Mahoney's Bookstore in Limerick, Ireland, where Frank McCourt grew up. He launched his Pulitzer Prize winning book at this shop. As a youngster, Frank McCourt was kicked out of the store after loitering and reading Shakespeare. At the book launch, the O'Mahoney family gave him a leather bound Shakespeare collection as a gift.


O'Mahoney Bookstore in Limerick


Sue and Frank O'Mahoney having a chat.

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