The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir of his Irish Catholic boyhood, picks up the story in October 1949, upon his arrival in America. Though he was born in New York, the family had returned to Ireland due to poor prospect...The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir of his Irish Catholic boyhood, picks up the story in October 1949, upon his arrival in America. Though he was born in New York, the family had returned to Ireland due to poor prospects in the United States.