Alphie McCourt, 75, writer, youngest of famed Irish clan
BY ALBERT AMATEAU | Alphie McCourt, a writer and memoirist whose columns have appeared in The Villager, died suddenly at home on the Upper West Side while taking an afternoon nap on July 2. He was Born in Limerick, Ireland, Alphonsus Joseph McCourt was the youngest brother of the late Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and of Malachy McCourt, the writer and actor. Another older brother, Michael, of San Francisco, died last year. As a young man who came to New York to live for a time with Frank, 10 years his elder, Alphie found work wherever he could and eventually owned two restaurants in Manhattan. In he married Lyn Rockman, who survives, as does their daughter, Allison.
For 20 years, from until he retired in , Alphie worked for the Penn South Co-op in Chelsea in charge of apartment restorations in the 2,unit residential complex. Brendan Keany, general manager of Penn South, recalled meeting Alphie in the late s at Allison’s, named for Alphie’s and Lyn’s daughter. The restaurant on Eighth Ave. near Penn South closed after a time, but Alphie went on to run Los Panchos on Columbus Ave. near 71st St. Ho
Alphonsus Joseph "Alphie" McCourt (29 July – 2 July ) was an Irish-American writer. He was the youngest brother of Frank McCourt.
Early life
Alphie McCourt was born in Limerick, Ireland on 29 July , the youngest son of Malachy McCourt (–) and Angela Sheehan (–).
Writing
Following in the footsteps of his elder brothers Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt, Alphie had his own memoir A Long Stone's Throw published in The book was well received. He had published articles in The Washington Post, The Villager and The Limerick Leader prior to writing his memoir.
Death
He died on 29 July , 27 days before his 76th birthday. His brother Michael had died the previous September, 9 months earlier. He was survived by his brother Malachy.
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Alphie McCourt, author, brother of Frank McCourt, dead at 76
Alphonsus (Alphie) McCourt, youngest brother of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, died on July 2nd in Manhattan. He would have been 76 on July 29th. He is survived by his wife Lynn, his daughter Allison, and the last surviving McCourt brother, Malachy.
“He was feeling unwell this afternoon and thought he’d lie down,” Ellen McCourt, Frank’s widow, told IrishCentral, “and he never woke up.”
McCourt was the author of A Long Stone’s Throw (Sterling and Ross, ), a memoir. The primary theme of the book, he told Jerry Tallmer of the The Villager newspaper, was the family’s chronic indigence: “Poverty flew in, love flew out,” he said, matter-of-factly.
His book details his life in Ireland, Canada, and the United States and his battle for survival—which was manifested in the amazing range of odd jobs he held over the years: “You know how all the jobs some writer has had are listed on the jacket of the book? Well, my life is like a big book jacket.”
He went on to detail, in hilarious fashion, his factotum work life: “Working on a great glop-a-da-glop mainframe computer on Wall Street; issuing tickets for Brit
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Alphonsus Joseph &#;Alphie&#; McCourt, Irish Americanwriter and memoirist, is born in Limerick, County Limerick, on July 29, He is the youngest son of Malachy Gerard McCourt, Sr. (–) and Angela Sheehan (–), and brother of Michael McCourt, Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela’s Ashes, and Malachy McCourt, the writer and actor.
McCourt comes to New York as a young man to live for a time with Frank, ten years his elder. He finds work wherever he can and eventually owns two restaurants in Manhattan. In , he marries Lynn Rockman, with whom he has a daughter, Allison.
For twenty years, from until he retires in , McCourt works for the Penn South Co-op in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, in charge of apartment restorations in the 2,unit residential complex.
Brendan Keany, general manager of Penn South, recalls meeting McCourt in the late s at Allison’s, a restaurant named for his daughter. The restaurant on Eighth Avenue near Penn South closes after a time, but McCourt goes on to run Los Panchos on Columbus Avenue near 71st Street. However, as a man with a family, running bars and restaurants is not ideal, so he finds the job at
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