Season 25 · Episode 536
Jackie McCarthy - O'Brien | "Unmarried Mother, Child Of Colour" | Ireland's First Female Rugy Player Of Colour | Settle In
OTB Rugby · OTB Sports
August 20, 202519m 8s
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Show Notes
In the run up to the start of the Women's Rugby World Cup, Meghann Scully sat down with former Ireland rugby player Jackie McCarthy - O'Brien. Jackie recounts the difficulties she faced as a child of colour in Ireland in the sixties, growing up in an industrial school, and how she became the first female rugby player of colour on the Irish team.
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