McCarthy's Bar
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McCarthy's Bar is the best-selling book by travel writer and comedian Pete McCarthy. First published in 2000,{{cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Pete|title=McCarthy's Bar|year=2000|publisher=Hodder and Staughton|isbn=0340766050|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mccarthysbarjour00mcca}} the book sold nearly a million copies{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/awardwinning-mccarthys-bar-author-dies-after-long-cancer-battle-25892222.html|title=Award-winning 'McCarthy's Bar' author dies after long cancer battle|last=Kearns|first=Martha|date=9 October 2004|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=5 June 2017}} leading to McCarthy winning Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2002.
The book is often titled McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland.[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12502.McCarthy_s_Bar McCarthy's Bar]
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.{{cite news |last1=Boland |first1=Rosita |title=The all-night hooley in MacCarthy's Bar revisited |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-all-night-hooley-in-maccarthy-s-bar-revisited-1.2017763 |access-date=16 November 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=5 December 2014 |language=en}}
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Category:1998 non-fiction books
Category:English non-fiction books
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