Category Archives: News
Jack is awarded the “Twitter Award”
Jack’s twittering reached a climax when he was awarded the “Twitter Award” by Lucinda O’Sullivan. If you want to follow Jack on Twitter and enjoy his insights into Irish food and rugby you will find him @mccarthykanturk or click here … Continue reading
Project aims to save rural meat industry
The Corkman By MARIA HERLIHY A PROJECT to help the local meat supply chain to survive and thrive was launched in Newmarket recently. The two year project which was launched at IRD Duhallow and its aims is to help small … Continue reading
RTE Nationwide on the Queen’s Banquet.
Watch McCarthy’s at the West Cork Food Festival broadcast on RTE Nationwide. It is one of the most important food events of the Irish calendar and the Queen’s visit has been a fantastic boost to the food producers of Ireland.
Black Pudding that is fit for a Queen
It was with some excitment that Jack and Tim received the news that their pudding was to be served to Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Ireland. The State Banquet took place at Dublin Castle on 18th May 2011 and … Continue reading
All right on the night
The Irish Examiner By Pól Ó Conghaile Behind the clockwork-efficiency of the state dinner for Queen Elizabeth lay tales of last-minute mercy flights to Dublin, six-hour dashes across the country with smoked salmon and ‘forever secret’’ ingredients. Pól Ó Conghaile … Continue reading
Jack is named Local Food Hero by Irish Public
The Irish Restaurant Awards are an important event in the Irish food calendar. This year the Sunday Independent sponsored the award for the Local Food Hero. With tough competition in the category, Jack McCarthy was thrilled to be honoured with … Continue reading
Naughty or Nice?
Foodies Aoife McElwain and Aoife Barry must have heard of Jack’s wonderful chocolate pudding – which is both naughty and nice – because they gave him a mention in today’s paper. You can read the full article by clicking here … Continue reading
The butcher, the baker and a fascinator-maker
The Sunday Independent. In the past two years, 23 small businesses have opened in Kanturk, writes Lucinda O’Sullivan ‘TRY Town First’ is the slogan in Kanturk, the north Cork town where two rivers, the Allow and the Dallow, converge in … Continue reading
Jack McCarthy is Bridgestone Man of the Year
At the end of December, Bridgestone’s John and Sally McKenna announced the results of the Megabytes awards for 2010. Jack McCarthy was honoured to be awarded the title of Man of the Year. Other categories included Artisan of the Year … Continue reading
The Business RTE Radio
The Business is a full hour on business and enterprise in Ireland, with a sprinkling of personal finance and consumer info. George Lee did a feature on fine Christmas Grub featuring Jack. Click here to listen
Countrywide RTE Radio 1
The Proof of the Pudding – Donna O Sullivan reports from Kanturk where the local McCarthy’s Pudding has just won a prestigious international award; all we can say is Yummy!!! Click here to listen
Kanturk welcomes the Knights of the Black Pudding
The Brotherhood of the Knights of the Blackpudding, a colourful French food fraternity visited Kanturk in celebration of the Gold Medal Winning Black Pudding by McCarthy’s of Kanturk. The brotherhood paraded up Strand Street, with their banners and ceremonial dress, … Continue reading
Brotherhood of Black Plackpudding visit Cork
The 25 strong group of representatives from this French Fraternity will be parading in their regalia in honour of Black Pudding in Kanturk on Tuesday 21st September at 5:30pm. There will be a spit roast and traditional music in celebration … Continue reading
Kanturk father and son join the Brotherhood of Black Pudding
By MARIA HERLIHY AWARD titles come in many forms, but McCarthy’s Butchers in Kanturk can justifiably claim to have one of the more unusual under their belts. Jack and his son Tim can now be known as members of the … Continue reading
Summer News from McCarthy's
It’s been a celebrity packed couple of months with lots of events taking place. With the sun shining, barbecue season was upon us and the shop has been packed with customers looking for something special to cook on the coals. … Continue reading
Top of the Puds
by John Daly How a dash of whiskey helped us win France’s gold medal for black pudding If revenge is a dish best taken cold, it’s been worth the wait to put one over on the French. After the … Continue reading
Cookery Demonstration
We will be hosting a cookery demonstration on Saturday from 12pm by R.T.E celebrity chef Rozanne Stevens in store. Rozanne will be cooking a black pudding starter and some other delicious specialities, she is the resident chef on the Pat … Continue reading
March Meat Madness
New Meat Hampers Spring is in the air and to celebrate the new season we have launched two new great value hampers to fill your freezer and fill your stomach. There is a €50 hamper which not only includes sausages, … Continue reading
August 2009, Awards, Events and New Products
McCarthys were mentioned on Rozanne’s Cookery Corner on the Pat Kenny Show in August. Rozanne was singing the praises of the South African sausage called Boerewors and let listeners know that they could purchase it from McCarthy’s of Kanturk. Jack … Continue reading
Six Nations and Triple Crown visit McCarthys
Everyone in McCarthys was thrilled to welcome the Six Nations and Triple Crown Trophies into the shop recently. It is the first time in 61 years that Ireland has won both championships. The McCarthys are keen rugby followers, Jack is … Continue reading
Major European Award for Black Pudding
Jack is a proud man at the best of times, but winning this beautiful medal for his blackpudding has really made his week. La Confrérie des Chevaliers du Goûte Boudin, or the Brotherhood of the Knights of the Blackpudding awarded … Continue reading
Jack and Tim McCarthy will launch new online store
Due to the success of the test store over Christmas and early 2009, Jack and Tim are launching a new more comprehensive store to give customers more choice. Now it will be possible to buy the complete range of speciality … Continue reading
