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McCarthy's Bar

(A Lir Book)

By Pete McCarthy

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| Paperback | 9780340766057

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Despite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother’s homeland. In McCarthy's Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the west coast to Donegal in the north. Traveling through spectaculaContinue

Despite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother’s homeland. In McCarthy's Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the west coast to Donegal in the north. Traveling through spectacular landscapes, but at all times obeying the rule, “never pass a bar that has your name on it,” he encounters McCarthy’s bars up and down the land, meeting fascinating people before pleading to be let out at four o’clock in the morning.

Written by someone who is at once an insider and an outside, McCarthy's Bar is a wonderfully funny and affectionate portrait of a rapidly changing country.

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  • McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in the West of Ireland By Pete McCarthy

    he (good and bad) luck o' the IrishMany Irish women and men probably tire of the official version of themselves that is packaged for export nowadays. From the hammering heels of Lord of the Dance to the manic comedy of Waking Ned Devine, books, films ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • Subtitled "A Journey of Discovery in Ireland", McCarthy's travel memoir about exploring his Irish-English roots might be the funniest book I've ever read. His observations about Ireland, where he's not quite a foreigner but definitely not a local, are both astute and hilarious.

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