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Frank McCourt Museum
Short Business Description
The Frank McCourt Museum is a museum dedicated to the Pulitzer Prize-winning
author of Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt which is based in Frank's former school in the Georgian Quarter of Limerick City.

The Frank McCourt Museum is a  museum dedicated to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt which is based in Frank's former school in the Georgian Quarter of Limerick City.

At the entrance to the museum, the visitor passes a bronze bust on a plinth of the late Dr. Frank McCourt. Inside, the museum showcases a classroom of the 1930’s and the McCourt home, as described in “Angela’s Ashes”. Wall murals depict:

The young Frank in uniform cycling to work.
Angela inviting you to visit their home, comprising of the bedroom and kitchen.
A gathering of children from the nearby lanes.

A collection of memorabilia is seen in display cases. Items, such as, school books of the period and old photos – all donated by former pupils of Leamy School.

Phone
(061) 319710
Address
The Frank Mccourt Museum, Leamy House, Hartstonge Street, Limerick, Ireland.
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