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Podcast: OTB Rugby
Episode: Jackie McCarthy - O'Brien | "Unmarried Mother, Child Of Colour" | Ireland's First Female Rugy Player Of Colour | Settle In
Description: 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. This is with thanks to Guinness 0.0