Birth name | James Stephen McCarthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 June 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 April 2015 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Stephen McCarthy (30 June 1924 – 21 April 2015) was an Irish rugby union player who played for Munster, the Irish national team, and the British and Irish Lions. [1] He was a member of the Grand Slam winning Irish squad in the 1948 Five Nations Championship. [2]
Birth name | James Stephen McCarthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 June 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 April 2015 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Stephen McCarthy (30 June 1924 – 21 April 2015) was an Irish rugby union player who played for Munster, the Irish national team, and the British and Irish Lions. [1] He was a member of the Grand Slam winning Irish squad in the 1948 Five Nations Championship. [2]