| James McCarthy | |
| Occupation: | EBS |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Code: | Football |
| County: | Dublin |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Ballymun Kickhams |
| Clcounty: | 2 |
| Clprovince: | 1 |
| Colleges: | DCU |
| Sig: | 1 |
| Counties: | Dublin |
| Icyears: | 2010– |
| Icposition: | Midfield |
| Icapps(Points): | 22 (1-2) |
| Icprovince: | 14 |
| Icallireland: | 9 |
| Nfl: | 5 |
| Allstars: | 5 |
James McCarthy (born 1 March 1990) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Ballymun Kickhams club and for the Dublin county team. He is widely regarded as one of Dublin's greatest ever players.
He was a student at Sacred Heart BNS Ballygall and St Kevin's College in Ballygall.
He attended DCU where he was a defender for the Gaelic football team.[1] In 2012, he won the Sigerson Cup and the O'Byrne Cup with the college.
He has won two Dublin Senior Football Championships in 2012 and 2020 with Ballymun. He added a Leinster Senior Club Football Championship to his collection in 2012. The team went on to beat Dr. Crokes in the All-Ireland semi-final before losing the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Final to St Brigid's GAA (Roscommon).
He won the 2010 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Dublin.
He made his championship debut for Dublin against Laois in the quarter-final of the 2011 Leinster Championship,[2] winning his first Leinster Senior Football Championship against Wexford at Croke Park in July that year.[3] Dublin progressed to an All-Ireland final against Kerry,[4] and McCarthy won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-12 to 1-11.[5] McCarthy was nominated for GAA GPA Young Player of the Year for his performances.
His father John was a senior footballer with Dublin who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on three occasions.
As of 2020, he was employed by AIB and lived within two kilometres of Poppintree Park, Albert College Park and Johnstown Park.[6]