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Frank McCourt on his oceanic ties

By Noreen Bowden | October 9, 2008

A gem of a quote from “Angela’s Ashes” author Frank McCourt, speaking at the Yakima Hall Town Hall lecture series in the US state of Washington this month. Referring to his status as a Limerick native living in New York, he said:

“I have this hyphen: Irish-American. The Atlantic Ocean is my hyphen.â€?

Read the article in the Yakima Herald.

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