Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index McCarthy is a popular surname that originated in Ireland. Some common searches for this name include: Joseph McCarthy, US Senator, 1908-1957 (also see McCarthyism) John McCarthy (computer scientist), 1927- Eugene McCarthy, US Congressman and Senator, 1916- Mick McCarthy, football player and manager, 1959- Andrew McCarthy, actor, 1962- Cormac McCarthy, novelist, 1933- Charlie McCarthy, celebrated wooden puppet and sidekick to Edgar Bergen, 1903-1978 McCarthy, Alaska, population 42 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.