Biography
McCarthy was born in Cork in 1945. He was educated locally and quickly showed a natural talent for hurling. McCarthy has lived and worked in Cork all his life. He is a trophy-maker by trade. On 27 June 2006, McCarthy was named as having availed of the Bogus Non-Resident Account Amnesty set up by the Irish Revenue. The settlement amounted to €420,000.
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