CHANGED THE DESCRIPTION BECAUSE SOME PR!CK NAMED OWEN SAID THE OLD ONE WAS AWFUL. A single father of six who spends much of his free time drinking at bars. The Gallagher children - led by oldest daughter Fiona, who takes on much of the child-rearing responsibility due to her mother's absence - manage to raise themselves in spite of Frank's lack of parenting and unusual parenting style when he does choose to act like a father.