The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty cover art

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

By: Sebastian Barry
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however, it proves to be the defining decision of his life when, having witnessed the murder of a fellow RIC policeman, he is wrongly accused of identifying the executioners. With a sentence of death passed over him, he is forced to flee Sligo, leaving behind his friends, family and beloved girl, Viv.

©1998 Sebastian Barry (P)2018 W.F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Staying On cover art
Tipperary cover art
Goodnight, Vienna cover art
The Noise of Time cover art
The Caine Mutiny cover art
If I Let You Go cover art
Private Peaceful cover art
Star of the Sea cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
Beautifully written and brilliantly narrated, it is hauntingly awful but captivating, bringing life and explanation to history and beyond.

Tragically sad and insightful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A deeply moving and heart wrenching book. it is a fascinating look into the troubled history of Ireland and desperately sad. Beautiful and powerful prose. It will stay with me for a long time.

A beautiful story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
No narrator has left such an indelible mark (on me) as an audiobook.

Bravo to Mister Kelly and god bless Sebastian Barry for his prose

Aidan Kelly…

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Captivating story with such nuance around Irish history - beautifully read - the reader a gifted storyteller

Powerful storytelling

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Sebastian Barry manages to get to the essence of anything he writes about. This is the story of Eneas McNulty, a Sligo man who at 16 joined the British Merchant navy and sailed the world. He became an outsider in his own community and at the time when political and religious divides broke families and communities, we learn of how his choices affected his life and that of those close to him.

As a story, it rings very true, but Barry’s narrative is pure joy. He writes with eloquence. He’s poetic, but in a way that draws the listener in to the people and places.

Narration throughout is superb and I’ve enjoyed every minute of this audio title.

Lyrical and heartbreaking

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Barry's prose is breathtaking in its lyrical beauty. His sense of place and character are gripping. This is a glorious tale of a man exiled from a country he loved. Barry must be the finest writer in Ireland today - and that is saying something.

A beautiful writer

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Yet another book by S Barry that is quite brilliantly written with coruscating prose of the highest order.
A very interesting take on those caught on the wrong side of the Irish revolution.
Alas the storyline , for me, disintegrated into silliness towards the end.
All in all, well worth your money!

The usual!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A beautiful tale. Takes a listener into Irish lyricism like no other, accompanied by one of the most accomplished narrators I've found. A work of art.

I was equally if not more enthralled with 'Days Without End '. Utterly recommend Sebastian Barry.

Sebastian Barry is in a class of his own.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The meaning is crafted in the most exquisite language, like poetry in prose, breathtakingly beautiful in places. It took a while to get into the book, but then followed by rewards on every page.

meaning expression exciting

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narration of Aidan Kelly breathes such life into the indulgent prose of Sebastian Barry that the world of Eneas McNulty grabs the reader, and refuses to yield long after the rich tapestry of life in Ireland has been laid to rest.

Absorbing, breathtaking - life is but an adventure.

Epic

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews