Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Girl From Ballymor
    The Girl From Ballymor
    The Girl From Ballymor
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Girl From Ballymor

    Written by Kathleen McGurl

    Narrated by Avena Wallace

    4.5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    What would you sacrifice for your children?

    Ballymor, Ireland, 1847

    As famine grips the country Kitty McCarthy is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Kitty must decide how far she will go to save her family.

    Present day

    Arriving in Ballymor, Maria is researching her ancestor, Victorian artist Michael McCarthy – and his beloved mother, the mysterious Kitty who disappeared without a trace.

    Running from her future, it’s not only answers about the past that Maria hopes to find in Ireland. As her search brings her closer to the truth about Kitty’s fate, Maria must make the biggest decision of her life.

    What readers are saying about The Girl from Ballymor:

    ‘Spellbinding!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘I loved this book.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘Wonderful… Was hard to put it down.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘Swept me away… I was totally engaged… Highly recommended.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘Fantastic!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘An excellent read… Compelling.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateAug 27, 2020
    ISBN9780008421625
    The Girl From Ballymor

    More audiobooks from Kathleen Mc Gurl

    Related to The Girl From Ballymor

    Related audiobooks

    Sagas For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Sad Farewell

      Jul 2, 2021

      FOR readers there’s a real poignancy to seeing The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley at the top of the SA fiction bestseller list because it’s the last book that will be released by the much-loved Northern Irish author. Riley’s family recently announce

      1 min read

    • Article

      Top 10 Books

      Jun 16, 2023

      Top 10 Books
      1 min read

    • Article

      Get Outta Town!

      Apr 11, 2018

      Get Outta Town!
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Leather Coat

      Apr 4, 2024

      The Leather Coat
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Man I Should Have Married

      Dec 29, 2019

      The Man I Should Have Married
      11 min read

    • Article

      Getaway Driver

      Feb 10, 2022

      Getaway Driver
      11 min read

    • Article

      People Are Strange

      Oct 13, 2019

      People Are Strange
      5 min read

    • Article

      RIP Old King Coal

      May 3, 2023

      I am looking down out into my north London street at the moment. It's a quiet street, mid-afternooon, and it is chocka with vans. What are they all doing? Delivering groceries, that's what. There is a Waitrose van – we have quite a few toffs in our s

      3 min read

    • Article

      Ghost Girl, Banana

      Aug 21, 2023

      By the time I was 25, there were only two things I remembered about Mumma. The first was that she smelled of watermelons, the second was that we were happy. We’d taken our father’s name of course, but a name is only half a story. The other half exist

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Brief Ghostly Encounter…

      Nov 30, 2020

      A Brief Ghostly Encounter…
      7 min read

    • Article

      Bourke ’n’ Back

      Feb 13, 2019

      Bourke ’n’ Back
      9 min read

    • Article

      A PRECIOUS Moment In Time

      Jun 17, 2019

      There’s something about Lambrook Hall that always draws me back and I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been here. I don’t really care if it’s hundreds, to be honest. I can’t resist it. I’m in the dining room again now. Not the ballroom or the lib

      6 min read

    • Article

      Katharine Kilalea

      Jun 15, 2018

      Katharine Kilalea
      51 min read

    • Article

      Close-by Adventures

      Oct 15, 2020

      Close-by Adventures
      6 min read

    • Article

      ‘Lady in the Lake’: Featured Fiction from Laura Lippman

      Jul 23, 2019

      An excerpt from Lippman's latest, a sophisticated crime novel that captures the 1960s zeitgeist while painting a striking portrait of female ambition. The post ‘Lady in the Lake’: Featured Fiction from Laura Lippman appeared first on The Millions.

      5 min read

    • Article

      A Lost Cause

      Dec 6, 2020

      A Lost Cause
      9 min read

    • Article

      Splash

      Feb 9, 2018

      Splash
      6 min read

    • Article

      Mind The Donga

      Oct 2, 2020

      Mind The Donga
      4 min read

    • Article

      It’s Come to This

      Sep 1, 2021

      It’s Come to This
      16 min read

    • Article

      Stonehenge

      Jul 11, 2023

      Stonehenge
      7 min read

    • Article

      STRIKE IT RICH ... With This Gem

      Oct 15, 2020

      STRIKE IT RICH ... With This Gem
      7 min read

    • Article

      Last Saturday Night

      Dec 7, 2023

      Last Saturday Night
      6 min read

    • Article

      Lost And Found

      Dec 5, 2021

      Lost And Found
      9 min read

    • Article

      Typewriter

      Aug 2, 2021

      Chère Madame. Vous ne vous rappelleriez pas de moi, mais de ma part… Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap. Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap… She flicks the return bar – PING – and her fingers fall back into rhythm. Catherine’s French comes as naturally as the movement of her

      5 min read

    • Article

      Vandenberg Hotel Forbes

      Apr 17, 2019

      Vandenberg Hotel Forbes
      6 min read

    • Article

      Ineffectual Tribute to Len

      Mar 15, 2019

      After graduate school I hung around another year and drove a cab for Iowa City Yellow Cab. The cab was a boat, a Chevrolet Caprice wagon. I could have put a mattress in the back and lived in it. I didn’t hate the job. I’d sit in the Kroger parking lo

      24 min read

    • Article

      The Fleet Street Norton

      Jan 5, 2022

      The Fleet Street Norton
      5 min read

    • Article

      Do Not Jump On The Raft!

      Sep 28, 2021

      Do Not Jump On The Raft!
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Girl From Ballymor

    4.5/5

    38 ratings3 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      I Loved it! Excellent, Heartwarming and marvelous imagination. Very much Worth sharing!
    • 5/5
      So well done. Loved the story. So refreshing to not have to FF through 10 min descriptions of people having sex! Thank you also for respecting the life of the unborn! Indeed they are a completely separate person from the mother. “Not a clump of cells or mass of fat.”
      Thank you for interesting, moral storytelling! I will listen to more!!!
    • 3/5
      Mixed feelings on this one. Kitty’s story, the landscape and the history of the famine were all quite interesting. Modern day Maria’s story was ‘ok’ but nothing special.
      Narration was ok but verged on speed reading.. I put most of the book on .8 (a bit too slow but unfortunately Scribd doesn’t offer .9).
      Doubtful I’d ever read or listen to either the author or the narrator again.