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 2008.
[3][4] He had published articles in The Washington Post, The Villager and The Limerick Leader prior to writing his memoir.
His brother Michael had died the previous September, 9 months earlier.
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