Frank McCourt’s dying wish fulfilled as ashes scattered in Limerick

The dying wish of Angela’s Ashes author Frank McCourt has finally been granted as his family scattered his ashes in Limerick to coincide with the eighth anniversary of his passing.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author wanted his ashes to be scattered in the home of his “miserable Irish Catholic childhood”, which propelled him to literary stardom and saw him sell over 10m copies worldwide.

Eight years on since his death in New York, his wife Ellen, only daughter Maggie, and two of his grandsons, Jack, 14, and Avery, 7, flew across the Atlantic and saw that his wish was finally fulfilled.