David Martin Mc Carthy was born and reared in the working-class suburb of Cork City, Ireland and attended the famed North Monastery ( The Mon ) school. He is a singer-songwriter, entertainer and has written for radio and TV. he still lives on Cork’s Northside ( Fair Hill ) and is personally familiar with many of the characters whose stories are contained in Cork’s Dock’s and Dockers. When asked to describe the content of the book he replied " Angela’s Ashes with a sense of humour ".