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Summary: Like a refreshing pint ......
Review: ......of Cafferys or Guinness or black pud for breakfast , the book was brilliant and I wanted more . The decription of the place the peolpe and the way of life were spot on . No , Pete MCcarthy is not like Bryson et al , he is fresh and not following a formulae .
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Summary: Bryson's throne is probably safe.
Review: A complete composite of utter caca. I thought it would be better by the jacket, but I was disappointed.
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Summary: Bryson's throne is probably safe.
Review: A complete composite of utter caca. I thought it would be better by the jacket, but I was disappointed.
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Summary: A great book on the true Ireland
Review: A highly entertaining look at modern Ireland. McCarthy's Bar spins a wife array of enjoyable stories about Irish travel, while mixing in insightful commentary on the true meaning of being Irish. I starting reading this book on vacation and quickly found the nearest pub. After two pints of Guinness the book got even better. The writing style is crisp and the humor is....well Irish. The chapter describing the busloads of overweight Americans searching for their Irish heritage was the highlight.
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Summary: A great book on the true Ireland
Review: A highly entertaining look at modern Ireland. McCarthy's Bar spins a wife array of enjoyable stories about Irish travel, while mixing in insightful commentary on the true meaning of being Irish. I starting reading this book on vacation and quickly found the nearest pub. After two pints of Guinness the book got even better. The writing style is crisp and the humor is....well Irish. The chapter describing the busloads of overweight Americans searching for their Irish heritage was the highlight.
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Summary: Mc Carthy's Bar
Review: A kind of a very simple Bryson copy. Boring. And not funny at all, since he can't poke fun at himself.
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Summary: McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in the West of Irelan
Review: As a native Irishwoman I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Mr McCarthy definitely understands the Irish at their best and worst. He truly captures the Ireland and Irish of today and not the American version that includes scenes from The Quite Man or chapters from Angela's Ashes. I would recommend that anyone who is of Irish descent or plans to visit Ireland read this book it will give you a good understanding of the Irish people: were an irreverant, funny and unique bunch.
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Summary: McCarthy's Bar
Review: As an Irish historian and devotee of Irish humor and hospitality, with 21 trips "home" under my belt, I am usually skeptical of most of the recent books. However, starting with the Prologue and every page thereafter, I was laughing out loud. Besides being a terrific writer, Pete McCarthy truly captures the west and southwest of Ireland. My family is from Kerry, and my wife and I spend much time there. In fact we are moving there soon. This book is so perfect and perfectly funny that I've just purchased 2 copies for 2 couples I'm taking to Kerry in October, 2002. It's a really keeper!
Tim Clifford
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Summary: McCarthy's Bar
Review: As an Irish historian and devotee of Irish humor and hospitality, with 21 trips "home" under my belt, I am usually skeptical of most of the recent books. However, starting with the Prologue and every page thereafter, I was laughing out loud. Besides being a terrific writer, Pete McCarthy truly captures the west and southwest of Ireland. My family is from Kerry, and my wife and I spend much time there. In fact we are moving there soon. This book is so perfect and perfectly funny that I've just purchased 2 copies for 2 couples I'm taking to Kerry in October, 2002. It's a really keeper!
Tim Clifford
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Summary: Realworld Ireland
Review: As an Irishman living in the US I often encounter misty-eyed Americans who long to visit "the ould sod". Seldom, if ever, do these hapless travelers have any idea of the magnitude of the departure from their sensible and predictable life state-side that they will encounter in their idealized mental vision of the Emerald Isle.This book provides a Windex clean window through which to peer at the idiosyncratic Irish (and would-be Irish) that dwell within McCarthy's Bar. I never dreamt I would read a belly laff review of a place such as Lough Derg, that stark, brutal and monastic bastion of Irish Catholicism in the wilds of Donegal. I recommend this book to anyone who dares to remove the shamrock-green colored glasses before venturing forth to meet the larger than life, hilarious (to some) characters that will inevitably be encountered in the unpredictable terrain of economic boom Ireland.
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