Character List
Aggie: Angela's angry sister who looks after the McCourt children as a last resort.
Paddy Clohessy: A very poor friend of young Frank Mccourt, his family is in dire need becase his father is dying from tuberculosis.
Theresa Carmody: A seventeen-year-old girl with tuberculosis with whom the guilt-ridden Frank has his first sexual relationship.
Delia: Angela's cousin who with her sister Philomenia forces Malachy into marrying Angela when she becomes pregnant and arranges for the McCourt's return to Ireland.
Mrs. Finucane: Employs Frank to write threatening letters to her creditors.
Grandma: Angela's angry mother pays for the McCourts to return to Ireland and helps them numerous times despite her angry words.
Bridey Hannon: The McCourt's Roden Lane neighbor and Angela's friend.
Mr. Hannon: A fatherly neighbor who gives Frank a job delivering coal.
Laman Griffin: Angela's cousin who is cruel to Frank forcing him to move in with his uncle Ab Sheehan.
Patricia Madigan: A patient in the same hospital as Frank. She introduces him to Shakespeare before dying of diphtheria.
Alfie McCourt: The protagonist Frank's youngest brother.
Angela McCourt: The matriarch of the McCourt family, Angela is a good mother attempting to raise four children in spite of abject poverty, an oppressive society and an alcoholic husband.
Eugene McCourt: One of Frank's twin brothers who dies in infancy.
Frank McCourt: The protagonist and narrator who after returning from New York to Ireland as a young child experiences a life of dire poverty and ultimately returns to America.
Malachy McCourt Sr.: The patriarch of the McCourt family, Malachy is an alcoholic who remains unemployed most of the time and spends his salary at the pub when he does have a job to the despair of his wife and children.
Malachy McCourt Jr.: Frank's charming younger brother. The brothers help each survive in Limerick.
Michael McCourt: Frank's younger brother whom, according to Frank, was left by a Angel on the Seventh Step.
Oliver McCourt: One of Frank's twin brothers who dies in infancy.
Mikey Molloy: Frank's older friend who suffers from fits and provides Frank with information regarding sexual matters.
Nora Molloy: Neighbor and friend who obsessively bakes bread before being committed to the Insane Asylum for a rest from her alcoholic husband.
Pa Keating: Aunt Aggie's gentle, kind and encouraging husband.
Mr. O'Halloran: He is the principal of Leamey's School who encourages Frank to leave Ireland and seek better employment in Ireland.
Philomena: Angela's cousin who, with her sister Delia, forces Malachy into marrying Angela when she becomes pregnant and arranges for the McCourt's return to Ireland.
Seamus: The kind-hearted hospital worker who memorizes poetry for Frank and helps him communicate with Patricia
Ab Sheehan: Angela's mentally deficient brother who is cruel to Frank when he helps him deliver his newspapers. Frank calls him Uncle Pat.
Mr. Timoney: An old man to whom Frank reads literature. He treats him as an adult and encourages him to pursue his studies.
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