The author has a rule: 'Never pass a bar that has your name on it'.
Determined not to spend St Patricks Day in an English pub, drinking
overpriced Guinness and listening to Van Morrison's Greatest Hits,
he flies to Hungary - but somehow the Irish bar there just isn't
home. Next year, he resolves, it will be Ireland. Thus begins a
pilgrimage around bars from Cork to Donegal, as he unravels the
secrets of Irish popularity and ponders the dilemmas of his own
identity. Irreverent, even coarse, and irresistibly funny. (Kirkus
UK)
Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has
gained thousands of fans all over the world. Pete was born in
Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy
summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places
he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels
more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is
due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country
of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and
discovers that it has changed in surprising ways. Firstly obeying
the rule 'never pass a pub with your name on it', he encounters
McCarthy's bars up and down the land, and meets English hippies,
German musicians, married priests and many others. A funny,
affectionate look at one of the most popular countries in the
world.
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