- In "'Tis" (the sequel to "Angela's Ashes"), he talks about having known his first wife Alberta "Mike" Small before their marriage. In contrast to his dirt-poor childhood, she had a patrician upbringing. He also recalls having worked a menial job in a hotel at the time that the Korean War broke out. He enlisted in the United States Army and went through training but never got sent to the war.
- Three of his six siblings died of diseases that were aggravated by their malnutrition.
- Nearly died of typhoid fever at the age of 10.
- Was a New York public school teacher for over 30 years.
- Did not start writing until he was retired in his sixties.
- Older brother of Malachy McCourt.
- Daughter, Maggie, with first wife. Grandaughter Chiara.
- His family left the United States for Ireland in 1934, but he returned to the U.S. when he was 19.
- Earned a Master's degree in English from Brooklyn College in 1967.
- Survived by his wife, Ellen Frey McCourt; his brothers, Malachy, Alphie, and Mike; his daughter Maggie McCourt; and his three grandchildren, Chiara, Frank, and Jack.
- Lived in the Gramercy section of Manhattan in New York City.
- He was an avid Baseball fan, particularly the New York Mets.
- He left school at the age of thirteen.
- He enjoyed rowing.
- Biography-bibliography in "Contemporary Authors," New Revision Series, Vol. 138, pp. 316-319. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- 1957 graduate of New York University, having earned a Bachelor's degree in English education.
- Born on Classon Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
- He nearly died of typhoid fever when he was eleven.
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