Career
McCarthy joined the team during the 1941 championship and was an unused substitute for that year"s campaign. At club level McCarthy was a three-time county club championship runner-up with. Club McCarthy played his club hurling with and enjoyed much success.
McCarthy"s side subsequently earned the unwanted distinction of losing three successive championship deciders to Glen Rovers and Saint Finbarr"s (twice) between 1941 and 1943.
Inter-county Three years later he was recalled to the starting fifteen for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny. A narrow 2-4 to 2-3 defeat was McCarthy"s lot on that occasion.
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease severely hampered the 1941 championship as McCarthy joined the team As a result of this were nominated to represent the province in the All-Ireland series.
McCarthy was an unused substitute for the final against Dublin.
lieutenant was one of the most one-sided championship deciders of all-time, however, it did give McCarthy a coveted All-Ireland medal, albeit as a subordinate
