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===Literature=== Limerick's literature scene is supported by projects like the Limerick Writers' Centre, which was established in 2008 and runs a range of writing activities in the city. Limerick natives include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, and novelists Kate O'Brien, Michael Curtin, Kevin Barry and Donal Ryan. Poets from Limerick include Michael Hogan, Desmond O'Grady, and John Liddy.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Few Words About Us |url=https://limerickwriterscentre.com/about/ |url-status=live |publisher=Limerick Writers' Centre |date=19 December 2018 |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613213257/https://limerickwriterscentre.com/about/ |archive-date=13 June 2020}}</ref> The city is the setting for [[Frank McCourt (author)|Frank McCourt]]'s memoir ''[[Angela's Ashes]]'' and its [[Angela's Ashes (film)|film adaptation]]. The Frank McCourt Museum situated in McCourt's former school on Hartsonge Street opened in 2011, and contains artefacts from the book.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://frankmccmuseum.wix.com/frankmccourtmuseum#!about-us/c1enr |url-status=live |publisher=The Frank McCourt Museum |year=2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629011448/http://frankmccmuseum.wix.com/frankmccourtmuseum#!about-us/c1enr |archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> Limerick has also been the setting or location for the dramas ''The Real Thing'' (2002), ''[[Cowboys & Angels]]'' (2003) and ''Lost & Found'' (2015), among other films.<ref>{{cite web |title='The Real Thing' begins Limerick shoot |url=https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/635/the_real_thing_begins_limerick_shoot |url-status=live |date=8 November 2002 |access-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024192153/https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/635/the_real_thing_begins_limerick_shoot |archive-date=24 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Filmed in Limerick |url=https://film.limerick.ie/shot |url-status=live |publisher=Limerick.ie |access-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024192200/https://film.limerick.ie/shot |archive-date=24 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Irish Film and Television Network β Locations in Ireland β Limerick Location Services β Filmography |url=http://www.iftn.ie/locationsireland/irishlocationsregion/sublinks_static4/limerick/lls/?countytabs=3 |url-status=live |publisher=Irish Film and Television Network |access-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181024192220/http://www.iftn.ie/locationsireland/irishlocationsregion/sublinks_static4/limerick/lls/?countytabs=3 |archive-date=24 October 2018}}</ref>
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