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The Road to McCarthy

By: Pete Mccarthy
Narrated by: Christopher Scott
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 As a veteran traveller, Pete McCarthy has long been intrigued that the emigrant Irish can be found in all corners of the globe. Determined to pin down mythical tales of his own clan history, Pete is thrust into a world-wide adventure that reveals an unsettled and poignant history, while unearthing a good pint in the most unexpected locations.



From the Holy Ground of Cork harbour he travels to Gibraltar and Morocco, then onwards to New York, Tasmania, Montana, and the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat before finally reaching the remote Alaskan township of McCarthy and its population of just fourteen people, but a lot more bears.

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I didn’t really understand the purpose of the book, it seemed fairly random throughout and I kept losing interest as a result.

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As with Mc Carthy’s previous book, Mc Carthy’s Bar, this is an excellent travelogue, taking in travel, drink, mad people, cultural weirdness, Irish takes on everything, English takes on everything, and bits and pieces of the terrible history between the two. It’s beautifully written, hilariously funny, and very informative.

The trouble is with the reader. OK, so his voice does actually sound not unlike that of the late lamented Pete McCarthy, but there are two very real problems that making listen to it a real chore. One is when he attempts accents; he almost always makes a mess of it, especially the Dublin accent - I'm from Dublin, so I should know. And the other is his *awful* pronunciation of many Irish words. Doheny, uileann, Drogheda, Cavan, Anthenry, bodhran and many, many others are all utterly mangled. It jars horribly. I am very surprised that the producers of this otherwise excellent audiobook didn’t get some Irish people in to correct him!

Great writing, annoying perfromance...

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Loved it made me laugh out loud.
been on holiday to Ireland. highly recommended.

brilliant laugh out loud.

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A marathon listen but worth every minute. The narrator deserves a special mention too. Had Pete lived, maybe Bill Bryson would not have been as successful.

The Road that never ended.

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This is a very entertaining book full of Irish history and culture.
The narrator's accents leave something to be desired but by the end you're will him on.
Highly recommended.

A great listen

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