My family and I figured it was only fitting that it should rain, sometimes heavily, during the entire Angela's Ashes tour! The weather, however, did not dissuade our guide, Michael O'Donnell, from giving us a wonderful walking tour. He not only pointed out the different buildings that figured in the story, but also shared Limerick's history as we made our way through the wet streets. O'Donnell was able to quote parts of the book verbatim, answer questions about the book and share information about the McCourt family, as well as controversies regarding the different events that took place in "Angela's Ashes". The tour cost 10 euros, which O'Donnell did not collect until the end of the tour in case we wanted to "run away" during any part of his presentation. The tour lasted close to 2 hours, but I had the feeling that O'Donnell would have continued as long as we had wanted. Incidentally, I was the only one on the four person tour who had actually read the book, but everyone seemed to benefit from the the presentation.