| McCarthy in New Zealand in 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | James Stephen McCarthy 30 June 1924 Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 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]