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Malachy McCourt (born September 30, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York) is the 2006 Green party candidate for governor in New York State, losing to the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer. He is the younger brother of Frank McCourt (who wrote Angela's Ashes, and 'Tis.)

He was raised in Limerick, Ireland. He returned to the United States in 1952. He has four children: Siobhan, Malachy Jr., Conor (a NYC police officer and documentary maker), and Cormac, the latter two by his second wife Diana. He also has a stepdaughter, Nina, the daughter of his second wife.

He has acted on stage, on television and in several movies, including The Molly Maguires.

In the 1970s he had a talk show on WMCA radio.

Malachy McCourt also wrote two memoirs titled A Monk Swimming and Singing my Him Song, detailing his life in Ireland and later return to the United States where despite limited education he operated a successful Manhattan tavern frequented by entertainment celebrities. He also authored a book on the history of the much loved Irish ballad Danny Boy.

In recent years he has occasionally appeared on various programs on New York City's political radio station, WBAI. Among the shows on which he has appeared has been Radio Free Eireann. [1] He also had a short lived role on the critically acclaimed HBO prison drama OZ.

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