Charlie Vernon

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Charlie Vernon
Personal information
Irish name Cathal de Bhearnúin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Midfield/full back
Born (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 37)
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Occupation Accountant
Club(s)
YearsClub
2004 - 2022
Armagh Harps
Club titles
Armagh titles 1
Ulster titles 0
All-Ireland Titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollegeApps (scores)
Queen's University Belfast 0-12
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2006-2019
Armagh 0-12
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
NFL 0
All Stars 0
All-Ireland Titles 0

Charlie Vernon is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Armagh county team, and joint head of the Loch An Iuir PE Department.[ citation needed ] He captained the Under-21 team in the 2007 season. He has a Sigerson Cup Runners Up and winners medal during his time as a player on the Queen's University Team losing in 2006 to DCU in Parnell Park and winning in 2007 at QUB playing fields, The Dub. He made his Championship debut on 15 June 2008 against Cavan, scoring a point. Armagh was without his services for the start of the 2009 Ulster SFC opener because he suffered broken jaw against Dublin. Charlie retired from Armagh in 2019.

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Peil Star Street Gaelic Football

In 2017, Vernon appeared in a Street Gaelic Football film Peil's Poc, created by Peil Star with Michael Murphy from Donegal.

The film was shot in Omagh, County Tyrone for the BBC. [1]

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References

  1. "Getting to grip with some GAA skills". BBC. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2020.