[1] Born Jacqueline McCarthy in Birmingham, England in 1961 to an Irish mother and Jamaican father, she moved to Limerick, Ireland before her first birthday.
[2] In 1966, her mother married All-Ireland handball champion Mickey O’Brien, leading to the adoption of the double-barrelled name.
[3] In 2023, she was awarded a one-off commemorative cap by the Football Association of Ireland as part of the Women's National Team's 50-year anniversary celebration.
[6] A vocal advocate against racism, in 2021, she appeared on the Claire Byrne show speaking on the subject.
As part of the Euro qualifying team in 1991, she travelled from Limerick to Dublin for training for seven weeks.