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| O'Donovan From Garryowen List Price: $23.09 In-Stock : Ships within 2-3 days Item Number: OG001A Author: Austin O'Donovan Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Paperback |  |
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| A World War II memoir set in Limerick city, which describes much of what the author had in common with Irish American author Frank McCourt, who wrote Angela's Ashes, later made into a film. The author had a few things in common with Frank McCourt, even though he lived in a different part of Limerick City. One of his grandmothers was born in the North of Ireland and one in Limerick City, as was the McCourt's. He made his First Communion and collected money, as was the custom like all the other boys and girls, as did the McCourt. He went to a national school and was taught by lay teachers. He got the free bun and milk at school. He spent some time in the same fever ward, in the same city home and hospital. He queued in the same dispensary, to see a doctor and get free medicine. He frequented the same cinemas and saw the same films. He moved around to live in different places in Limerick City. He bought sweets in Miss Houlihans shop in number 5, St Joseph St. All these things he did, as did the McCourt. He lived in Emmett Place; only two minutes walk from the eleven houses in Little Barrington Street where the McCourt's mother and grandmother lived. He knew the Americans mother uncle and grandmother. He played in and around all the lanes in Limerick City. O'Donovan from Garryowen offers a different account of what Limerick City was like to grow up when the Frank McCourt lived there. | ||
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