Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - McCarthy ya koma Connacht a farkon kakar 2007/08. Ya buga wasanni 14 a kungiyar a 2007-08 Celtic League
Ka yi haƙuri. McCarthy kuma ya fara a cikin dukkan wasannin rukuni na 6 na Connacht a gasar cin kofin Turai ta 2007-08, wanda ya hada da wasanni biyu da tsohuwar kungiyarsa ta Newcastle. Shekarar 2008-09 ya ga ya yi 'yan wasa kaɗan a duka gasar, yana wasa a cikin wasanni 9 na Connacht's 2008-09 Celtic League da kuma hudu daga wasanninsu na Challenge Cup.