Angela McCourt (née Sheehan) Timeline and Summary
MoreAngela McCourt (née Sheehan) Timeline and Summary
- Angela Sheehan is born on New Year's Eve.
- She moves to New York on Thanksgiving Day during the Great Depression.
- She marries Malachy Sr. because she's having his baby.
- A year later, Angela has another son, Malachy Jr.
- Roughly two years later, she gives birth to twin boys: Eugene and Oliver.
- Angela has a daughter named Margaret who dies several months later.
- Angela and her family move back to Limerick, Ireland.
- Her son Oliver gets sick and dies.
- Six months later, the second twin, Eugene dies.
- Angela's pregnant again. She gives birth to a boy and they name him Michael.
- Angela's teeth are so bad from smoking that she has to have them all removed.
- Angela has her last child, Alphonsus Joseph.
- She gets pneumonia and ends up in the hospital.
- Angela's husband moves to England for work and eventually abandons his family.
- Angela and the boys move in with her cousin, Laman Griffin, who kind of blackmails her into a sexual relationship.
- Angela's mother, Grandma Sheehan, dies from pneumonia.
- Angela gets tired of living with Laman and moves in with Frank at Uncle Pat's.
- Angela gets a job taking care of an old man, which helps stabilize the family finances.
- She gives Frank a going-away party but she's sad to see her children grow up and leave home.