Cover of first edition, 2000
MacCarthy's Bar in 1989

McCarthy's Bar is the best-selling book by travel writer and comedian Pete McCarthy. First published in 2000,[1] the book sold nearly a million copies[2] leading to McCarthy winning Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2002.[2]

The book is often titled McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland.[3]

Plot summary

The book describes a series of trips McCarthy makes to Ireland in the late 1990s exploring his past and family history, as well as documenting how Ireland is coping with changing realities.

Publication

Its front cover features MacCarthy's Bar.[4]

References

  1. ↑ McCarthy, Pete (2000). McCarthy's Bar. Hodder and Staughton. ISBN 0340766050.
  2. 1 2 Kearns, Martha (9 October 2004). "Award-winning 'McCarthy's Bar' author dies after long cancer battle". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ↑ McCarthy's Bar
  4. ↑ Boland, Rosita (5 December 2014). "The all-night hooley in MacCarthy's Bar revisited". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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