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'''Brian Carthy''' works as a [[Gaelic games]] correspondent and commentator for [[RTÉ]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Jack |last=Mahon |url=http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/cwaugbmhql/ |title=Great to have been part of that seven-year journey |newspaper=[[Western People]] |date=21 July 2004 |access-date=17 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721133202/http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/cwaugbmhql/ |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> specialising in [[Gaelic games]].
==Early life and family==
Carthy is a native of Ballymore, near [[Strokestown]], [[County Roscommon]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} His mother was Susan.<ref name=congrats/>
In 2012, his son John Brian won an All-Ireland U-21 Football Championship medal playing in goal for Dublin against Brian's native Roscommon <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hoganstand.com/county/dublin/article/index/168057|title=Carthy's double dilemma - HoganStand|website=hoganstand.com|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref> and was part of the U-21 squad again in 2013.
==Broadcasting career==
Carthy's first day at RTÉ was 26 May 1980.<ref name=congrats>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/310572|title=Congratulations Brian!|work=Hogan Stand|date=28 May 2020|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
In 2011, Carthy was "downgraded" by RTÉ. This prompted a response from numerous Gaelic games figures, including [[Mickey Harte]], [[Kieran McGeeney]] and [[Justin McNulty]], who felt this mistreatment of Carthy was unfair. Those who disagreed with RTÉ's treatment of Carthy wrote a four-page letter to director general [[Noel Curran]] and boycotted the organisation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mickey-harte-brian-carthy-and-that-fourpage-letter-to-rte-2672354.html|title=Mickey Harte, Brian Carthy and that four-page letter to RTÉ|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=11 June 2011|access-date=11 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Colm|last=Keys|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-managers-refuse-to-talk-to-rte-over-brian-carthy-treatment-2667497.html|title=GAA managers refuse to talk to RTÉ over Brian Carthy treatment: Top GAA bosses vow not to speak to broadcaster after Carthy 'snub'|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=7 June 2011|access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
Carthy launched a [[podcast]] in August 2022, focusing on Senior Club Championship results.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/324751|title=Brian Carthy launches new senior club championship results podcast|work=Hogan Stand|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
==Writing career==
In possession of a nationwide profile, Carthy has also written a number of books with a sporting theme.<ref>{{cite news|first=Tom|last=O'Riordan|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-new-bid-to-open-croke-park-to-other-sports-322764.html|title=GAA: New bid to open Croke Park to other sports|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|publisher=[[Independent News & Media]]|date=7 December 2001|access-date=17 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Breheny|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/orange-men-grab-headlines-505862.html|title=Orange men grab headlines|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=22 December 2002|access-date=17 February 2011|quote=Keeping a record of all those matches would be difficult but Brian Carthy makes it possible with the publication of his seventh successive book which contains a documented history of every encounter.}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614080038/http://www.rte.ie/sport/radio/sundaysport/theteam/carthyb.html Official biography] at RTÉ Radio Sport
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