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Margaret Sheehan
The younger brother of Frank McCourt (and the sibling who’s closest in age to Frank), Malachy McCourt Jr. is a somewhat nebulous presence in Angela’s Ashes. While he’s not particularly close to Frank, the brothers get along well, looking out for each other and sharing food and money with each other whenever possible. Malachy Jr. shares Frank’s ambitions of leaving Ireland one day—indeed, he leaves the country several times, once to join the army, once to work at a private school. Although Frank considers waiting another year before leaving for America so that Malachy Jr. can go with him, he eventually decides to travel alone, leaving Malachy Jr.’s fate unclear.
Malachy McCourt Jr. Quotes in Angela’s Ashes
The Angela’s Ashes quotes below are all either spoken by Malachy McCourt Jr. or refer to Malachy McCourt Jr.. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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The three of us burst out laughing and Alphie grins with his dirty face and says Goo goo again till we're helpless and Aunt Aggie roars out of the room pulling her dress down and gives me a thump on the head that sends me against the wall baby and all. She hits Malachy too and she tries to hit Michael but he runs to the other side of her round table and she can't get at him. Come over here, she says, and I'll wipe that grin off your puss, but Michael keeps running around the table and she's too fat to catch him.
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Chapter 12
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The Irish army is looking for boys who are musical and would like to train in the Army School of Music. They accept my brother, Malachy, and he goes off to Dublin to be a soldier and play the trumpet.
Now I have only two brothers at home and Mam says her family is disappearing before her very eyes.
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Malachy McCourt Jr. Quotes in Angela’s Ashes
The Angela’s Ashes quotes below are all either spoken by Malachy McCourt Jr. or refer to Malachy McCourt Jr.. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
Quotes
The three of us burst out laughing and Alphie grins with his dirty face and says Goo goo again till we're helpless and Aunt Aggie roars out of the room pulling her dress down and gives me a thump on the head that sends me against the wall baby and all. She hits Malachy too and she tries to hit Michael but he runs to the other side of her round table and she can't get at him. Come over here, she says, and I'll wipe that grin off your puss, but Michael keeps running around the table and she's too fat to catch him.
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Chapter 12
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The Irish army is looking for boys who are musical and would like to train in the Army School of Music. They accept my brother, Malachy, and he goes off to Dublin to be a soldier and play the trumpet.
Now I have only two brothers at home and Mam says her family is disappearing before her very eyes.
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