The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World runs 35.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John McDonough (about 24 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 35.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 72 days |
| 1 hour / day | 36 days |
| 2 hours / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 24 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 35.9 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John McDonough
John McDonough narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 948 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
17 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World is an audiobook by Thomas Keneally: a 35.9-hour unabridged recording, read by John McDonough, released March 18, 2011, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 35.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- John McDonough
- Released
- March 18, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781456124564
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World as an audiobook?
The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World runs 35.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 24 hours.
Is The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World?
The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World is narrated by John McDonough.
Is The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 24 hours, saving 12 hours.