Larger	McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland Author: Pete McCarthy
	Book Information Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 13 ISBN-13: 9780312311339 - ISBN-10: 0312311338 Publication Date: 3/3/2003 Pages: 352 Book Reviews

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.