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.
