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WATCH: Gardai investigate 'puzzling' theft of banner from Limerick Museum

GARDAI are investigating the theft of a large banner from outside the Frank McCourt Museum on Lower Hartstonge Street. The theft of the banner, which had the words ‘Museum Closed’ Oct 30th’ embroidered in red and black lettering was stolen at around ...

05 Nov 2019 at 19:45

Local News

Limerick's Frank McCourt museum in Allsop auction

THE HOME of the Frank McCourt Museum – Leamy House on Hartstonge Street – has been put up for sale at the next Allsop auction in Dublin for a minimum guide price of €140,000. The property, which went on the market in recent years on the ...

08 Apr 2016 at 16:00

Breaking News

Limerick affair: Ruth Negga in film based on Frank McCourt book

LIMERICK raised actress and Oscar nominee Ruth Negga has been signed for a new animated film based on author Frank McCourt’s final work. McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize winning author whose ashes were scattered in Limerick last week, ...

25 Jul 2017 at 07:01

Breaking News

Lifetime achievement award for Malachy McCourt

THE LAST surviving brother of the McCourt clan has been presented with the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in New York. The award was presented this Monday night to Malachy McCourt, 85, the actor and author, at the ...

19 Oct 2016 at 15:14

Education

President of Ireland congratulates University of Limerick on literary festival

THE PRESIDENT of Ireland has warmly congratulated the University of Limerick for hosting a literary festival that he believes will capture a ‘unique moment in Ireland’s ever-changing landscape.’ President Michael D. Higgins ...

03 May 2018 at 16:26

Visual Arts

Artistic homage to Frank McCourt on canvas in his native Limerick

TO MARK 20 years since Frank McCourt won the Pulitzer Prize for literature hundreds of people have contributed to a large montage portrait of the famous Limerick writer. Renowned artist John Shinnors, of the RHA, is among ...

16 Apr 2017 at 09:00

Local News

McCourt's ashes to remain in Limerick city as artefacts from closed museum find new home

THE ASHES of the late Frank McCourt, along with other artefacts are set to stay in the Angela’s Ashes biographer’s homeplace - just around the corner from their former home in the Frank McCourt museum. The news to ...

09 Dec 2019 at 22:00

What's On

New York summer school launched by University of Limerick

THIS SEPTEMBER 5 marks the 20th anniversary since Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt’s “masterpiece”, was launched to the world. To honour Frank, Limerick’s only Pulitzer prize winning author, the University of ...

26 Apr 2016 at 07:15

What's On

Full cast now assembled for Angela's Ashes The Musical

ACTOR Eoin Cannon has been cast to play the lead role of Frank McCourt in the musical adaptation of his life, which will premiere in Limerick this July. The show, Angela’s Ashes The Musical, under ...

25 May 2017 at 17:30

What's On

Inaugural Frank McCourt Literary Festival ready to rock and roll at UL

OVER 1,000 people have already booked their place at the UL/Frank McCourt Literary Festival but this figure is likely to go much higher before the festival gets underway in a fortnight’s time. ...

22 Apr 2018 at 09:00

Local News

Campaign to save Limerick's Frank McCourt museum

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save the home of the Frank McCourt museum in Limerick from sale, after it was withdrawn in advance from the Allsop auction in Dublin this Thursday. Artist Una ...

28 Apr 2016 at 14:18

What's On

Limerick's McCourt Museum founder says final farewell to Frank artifacts

THE FOUNDER of the Frank McCourt Museum has said she is “heartbroken” as hundreds of artifacts were taken to auction this week as the attraction closes its doors after ten years. Despite ...

08 Feb 2020 at 17:00

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