James Leo Farrell (7 August 1903 – 24 October 1979) was an Irish rugby player.
on ESPN scrum dot com, retrieved 12 August 2011 He was educated at

Castleknock College Castleknock College () is a voluntary Vincentian secondary school for boys, situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. Founded in 1835 by Philip Dowley, it is one of the oldest boys' schools in ...

and captained the Castleknock SCT to

Leinster Schools Senior Cup The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), and was first held in 1887. Attendances are high for a schoolboy ...

success in 1920. He played for

Bective Rangers Bective Rangers Football Club is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881. The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and played in Division 1A of the Leinster League until the 2024-25 Season. H ...

and Ireland (1926–32) and was a member of the British Lions squad on the

1927 British Lions tour to Argentina During its second tour to Argentina, the British Isles team, formed by English and Scottish players, played 9 matches in the country, winning all of them with more than 295 points scored and only 9 conceded. Background The River Plate Rugb ...

and the

1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia The 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia was the twelfth tour by a British and Irish Lions, British Isles team and the fifth to New Zealand and Australia. This tour is recognised as the first to represent a bona fide British te ...

He had four children with his wife Nora (née Folwell), including the artist

Micheal Farrell Micheal Farrell (, also spelt Micheál; 3 July 1940 – 7 June 2000) was an Irish painter and printmaker. He was a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists. Early life Farrell was born in Cookstown House, County Meath in 1940; ...

(1940–2000).

References

External links

Match report Great Britain XV tour – Buenos Aires, 31 July 1927

* ttp://www.scrum.com/argentina/rugby/match/19344.html Match Report Great Britain XV tour – Buenos Aires, 14 August 1927
Match report Great Britain XV tour – Buenos Aires, 21 August 1927
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