The Macdermots of Ballycloran: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Macdermots of Ballycloran, credited to Anthony Trollope, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. This is the story of the Macdermots of Ballycloran the story is about the tragic demise of a landowning family. Larry Macdermot lives in a dilapidated mansion in Co. Leitrim, whose mortgage to Joe Flannelly he cannot keep up. Enmity between the Macdermot and Flannelly families is sharpened by son Thady's having declined to marry Joe Flannelly's daughter, Sally. Macdermot's daughter, Feemy, is herself seduced by the locally hated English police officer, Captain Myles Ussher. This was Trollope's first published novel, which he began in September 1843 and completed by June 1845. However, it was not published until 1847. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Macdermots of Ballycloran
• Author credits: Anthony Trollope
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 44
• Listed recording duration: 16:41:52

Catalogue topics

• tragedy
• murder
• Catholic
• Protestant
• seduction
• Ireland
• illegitimacy

Opening tracks: first 24 of 44

1. 01 - Ballycloran House as First Seen by the Author — 12:11
2. 02 - The Macdermot Family — 9:06
3. 03 - The Tenantry of Ballycloran — 21:49
4. 04 - Myles Ussher — 24:34
5. 05 - Father John Part 1 — 19:54
6. 06 - Father John Part 2 — 20:08
7. 07 - Brother and Sister Part 1 — 19:46
8. 08 - Brother and Sister Part 2 — 19:26
9. 09 - The Priest's Dinner Party — 23:13
10. 10 - Miss Macdermot at Home — 32:44
11. 11 - Mohill — 35:51
12. 12 - Mr Keegan Part 1 — 17:00
13. 13 - Mr Keegan Part 2 — 17:08
14. 14 - Pat Brady — 20:27
15. 15 - The Wedding Part 1 — 22:00
16. 16 - The Wedding Part 2 — 21:16
17. 17 - How the Wedding Party was Concluded Part 1 — 22:09
18. 18 - How the Wedding Party was Concluded Part 2 — 22:05
19. 19 - Denis M'Govery's Tidings — 19:19
20. 20 - The M'Keons Part 1 — 20:00
21. 21 - The M'Keons Part 2 — 20:54
22. 22 - Promotion — 30:50
23. 23 - Sport in the West — 32:00
24. 24 - How Pat Brady and Joe Reynolds were Eloquent in Vain — 22:53

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