In the years of his life between 1899 to 1985, Malachy McCourt Sr. of Northern Ireland worked a lot of jobs. It was evident in the memoir Angela's Ashes that he was not a good father to his family, and he lost jobs faster than he could get them. Regardless, when he was working it was typically in factory settings across New York City, Limerick Ireland, and eventually Coventry England. He was a man who loved Ireland, yet even he was let down by the poor conditions and bad economy post famine. Ireland is more often than not roped in with all other European countries. Respectively, all of Europe is collectively seen as a global power, and smaller countries are left mostly unknown, such as Estonia, because of their size and non-notable contributions.
