Kevin McKernan

Kevin McKernan
Personal information
Irish name	Caoimhín Mac Thiarnáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre Back
Born	3 December 1987; Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nickname	McKernan
Occupation	Primary School teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
2004 - present	Burren
Club titles
Down titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2007-present	Down

Kevin McKernan (born 3 December 1987) is a Gaelic footballer from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter-county football team.

Playing career

Inter-county

McKernan has been a member of the Down team since 2008 but made his debut in 2007. He also plays Midfield or Half Forward. He started at centre back in 2010, in which Down lost 0-15 to 0-16 to Cork.[1] Kevin won a Dr McKenna Cup in 2008 scoring 1 point from play he won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship in 2008 beating Derry 3-11 to 1-14.

Family

His father, Brendan, was Right Corner Back on the Down Team that won the All Ireland in 1991.

International rules

McKernan was part of the Ireland team that won the 2011 International Rules Series against Australia by 130 to 65.[2][3]

He trained with Ireland ahead of the 2013 International Rules Series but was overlooked for the panel due to a bruised knee.[4]

Honours

Down

Dr McKenna Cup (1): 2008
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2008
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 2005
All-Ireland Football Championship (1): 2010 (runner-up)
Ulster Senior Football Championship (1): 2012 (runner-up)

Ireland

International Rules (1): 2011

Burren

Down Senior Football Championship (3): 2010, 2011, 2018
Down Senior Football League Division 1 (2) 2006-12 (c)
Down Under-21 Football Championship (2): 2006-08 (c)

School

MacRory Cup (1): 2006 (c)
Hogan Cup (1): 2006 (c)

Awards

Ulster Colleges All-Star (2): 2005-06
Irish News All-Star (1): 2010
Down County Final Man of the Match (1): 2011
GPA Gaelic Team of the Year (1): 2010
Ulster Club All-Star (1): 2011-12

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References

"All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
"Australia 29-50 Ireland". RTÉ Sport. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
"Ireland win second test and Rules series". Irish Examiner. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
"Neil McGee and Patrick McBrearty confirmed to join Murphy on Irish panel". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Anthony Devlin (Kilcoo)	Down ACFL Division 1 Final winning caption 2012	Succeeded by Gary McEvoy

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[1] "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2011-11-07.

[2] "Australia 29-50 Ireland". RTÉ Sport. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

[3] "Ireland win second test and Rules series". Irish Examiner. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

[4] "Neil McGee and Patrick McBrearty confirmed to join Murphy on Irish panel". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.