A $1 million campaign honoring the name of the late Frank McCourt is aiming to underpin the Frank McCourt Chair in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.
And the campaign is more than half way to its goal following a recent kick off in New York that attracted former president Bill Clinton.
That curtain raiser, attended by a number of literary figures including Frank's author brothers Malachy and Alfie and the author's widow, Ellen Frey McCourt, raised in excess of $500,000 on the night.
"Everyone has a story to tell in life but Frank wrote uniquely about his, and in doing so, has inspired many others to put their own stories down on paper", stated President Clinton in his tribute to the author of Angela's Ashes who died in July, 2009.
"I love that the University of Limerick will bring creative writing and storytelling back to Ireland in a fresh way through this chair," said Clinton.
University of Limerick President, Professor Don Barry, remembered fondly McCourt's commitment to the advancement of the University of Limerick as a director of the University of Limerick Foundation.
