Irish singer & Songwriter born 1953 in Co Cork..
MacCarthy is best known as a songwriter. Composing since the late 1970s, his songs have been recorded by many Irish artists including Christy Moore, Mary Black, Finbar Wright, Maura O’Connell, The Corrs and Westlife. Ride On, recorded by Christy Moore, is one of his best-known compositions. Moore also recorded MacCarthy’s songs Missing You, Bright Blue Rose and Mystic Lipstick. Mary Black, Maura O’Connell and The Corrs have recorded MacCarthy’s No Frontiers, while Black has also recorded his songs Katie, Adam at the Window, Diamond Days, As I Leave Behind Neidín, Shuffle of the Buckled and Another Day.[3] MacCarthy also co-wrote Westlife’s Angel’s Wings.

Jimmy MacCarthy is further celebrated with the CD performed by Mary Black called Mary Black Sings Jimmy Mac (Carthy).