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Cathal Doherty, 19 Mar
MALACHY McCourt, one of the more notable Limerick characters, spoke
about being kicked out of a hospice for not dying fast enough on
Brendan OâConnorâs RTĂ Radio One show.
Malachy has undertaken a lot in his 91 years dabbling in acting,
writing, campaigning, politics, broadcasting and even owned a popular
New York City pub at one point.
He said he was kicked out of a hospice for not dying quickly enough as
is the ârule in Americaâ.
âYou get six weeks or six months, I forget,â he said on the radio show.
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In Pictures: 40 photographs from St Patrick's Day parades in towns and
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âI didnât die so they said âokay out you goâ I got the boot,â he added.
He was diagnosed âseven or eight years agoâ with Inclusion Body
Myositis (IBM) which is a rare condition and a muscular disease where
your muscles âwaste awayâ.
Malachy has more recently been diagnosed with cancer (prostate and
skin).
âIâm a walking medical miracle, still alive but not walking,â he
laughed.
Malachy was born in the United States but was raised in Limerick. His
brother Frank won a Pulitzer Prize for his account of his childhood in
Limerick called Angelaâs Ashes.
He mentioned that life in Limerick was âquite miserableâ growing up.
âWhat saved us was the library coming to Limerick, we couldnât imagine
all the books in it,â Malachy said and spoke about how he got kicked
out of the local library as a child.
He humoured how his library days finished when a classmate asked could
he read a book Malachy was about to return to the library.
The next day his classmate said the book was stolen and thatâs how he
got kicked out of the library.
âSeventy years later I brought them a book to replace the one that had
been taken years ago. They were hysterical laughing at the whole thing.
They made me a lifetime member of the Limerick library after the whole
thing,â he laughed.
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He also spoke about his friendship with Richard Harris and how growing
up the two would have been from a completely different class
background.
âThe likes of me wouldnât be allowed in where they were,â Malachy said
about where Harris lived in Limerick.
The two met years later in New York where they became friends and
travelled around Europe together.
At the end of the interview, Malachy wished the âbest to Limerickâ
before ending the call with Brendan O'Connor.