Lions Legends - James McCarthy - 1950 Lions tour of New Zealand and Australia
29/07/2024
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James Stephen McCarthy ( Jimmy ) was an Irish rugby union player who played for Dolphin, Munster, the Irish national team, and also the British and Irish Lions.
Jimmy was on Irelands Grand Slam winning team in the 1948 Five Nations Championship.
And in 1950 Jimmy was selected by the British Lions to travel to New Zealand.
Jimmy's Son James McCarthy has a law graduate from UCD, and is a qualified solicitor . James has worked in corporate finance for 20 years before being appointed to his current role as CEO of the Nissan Ireland Group in 2012.
James McCarthy met up with Gary Cooke to discuss his fathers incredible rugby career and shares some of diary quotes from the Lions tour to New Zealand in 1950.
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