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Ciaran McCarthy is a former Rovers barman and best friend of Peter Barlow from their days in the Navy.

Turning up in Weatherfield in 2002, the Irish charmer's early days in Coronation Street saw him in a romance with Sunita Parekh. Sunita broke off the relationship on their wedding day after Ciaran got himself arrested in order to get out of marrying her. In 2004, Ciaran opened his own restaurant, McCarthy's, with the financial backing of Penny King with himself as head chef. The business folded within a month with Ciaran briefly going along with Tracy Barlow's scheme to do Penny out of her investment before doing the right thing and reimbursing Penny.

Ciaran originally left the street in 2005 after clashing with Charlie Stubbs, the partner of Rovers landlady Shelley Unwin. He returned in 2010 and the following year he got engaged to Michelle Connor with a bright future working on the cruise ships in store for them. However, after Ciaran gambled away their wedding money, Michelle decided to remain in Weatherfield and let Ciaran leave without her.

Biography[]

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Ciaran McCarthy was Peter Barlow's best friend in the Navy who was a cook on submarines. He arrived on the Street in 2002 and began to date Sunita Parekh. He was later arrested for going AWOL. After he was released and he returned to the area the pair got engaged; however, Sunita called off the wedding as she realised he didn't really want to marry her.

After Ciaran bought a wine bar with the help of a £50,000 investment from Penny King Tracy Barlow took a liking to him. The venture never took off and Ciaran had to sell the premises at a loss. Tracy convinced him to lie and made plans to spend the money but Ciaran felt guilty and confessed the truth to Penny. Predictably Tracy immediately lost interest in Ciaran and dumped him. The two were arrested but Penny's boyfriend Mike Baldwin got Penny to drop the charges for the sake of Tracy's mother Deirdre.

In November 2004, Ciaran and Charlie Stubbs rescued Sunita and her husband Dev Alahan when were tied up in a burning Corner Shop, during a fire caused by Dev's ex-girlfriend Maya Sharma. Ciaran left the Street in 2005 after Bev Unwin made a drunken pass at him.

In 2010, Ciaran was working in a restaurant as a chef and bumped into his friend Peter again. Ciaran quit his job at the restaurant and returned to the Street with Peter's girlfriend Leanne Battersby. Ciaran found out that Peter was an alcoholic and promised to keep an eye on him but Peter caused chaos at the opening of his new wine bar. Later that year, a gas explosion happened at The Joinery where Ciaran along with Nick Tilsley helped a trapped Peter escape.

Michelle Connor caught Ciaran's eye and the two began dating. In January 2011, Michelle agreed to go with Ciaran on a cruise for several months. They returned in November for a visit and announced they were engaged, but discovered Carla's rape ordeal at the hands of Frank Foster. To help her through it, they agreed to stay in Weatherfield and Michelle took charge of Underworld whilst Carla went to Los Angeles. Ciaran found living on the street increasingly boring and to add some excitement, he gambled and lost £1,000 of their wedding money to Karl Munro and Ciaran had to think of a quick strategy to raise money for his wedding. He desperately started working as a chef at Nick's Bistro and stayed up all night preparing food for a birthday party venue in exchange for £1,100. When Nick discovered this, he fired Ciaran and when Michelle found out, he explained why he gambled their money in the first place and she agreed to leave to go back on the cruise ship with him. However, she changed her mind at the last minute and Ciaran left alone.

Personality[]

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Relationships[]

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Background information[]

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First and last lines[]

"Shelley! Good to meet you!" (First line)

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"Look after yourself, right?" (Final line, to Michelle Connor)

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List of addresses[]

Address Duration
16a Victoria Street December 2002 to February 2003
15a Coronation Street February 2003
19a Victoria Street June 2003 to 22nd July 2005
Unknown until January 2011
Cruise ship January to November 2011
Weatherfield 3rd to 25th November 2011
Cruise ship November 2011 onwards

See also[]

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