Kevin McKernan

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Kevin McKernan
Personal information
Irish name Caoimhín Mac Thiarnáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre Back
Born (1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (age 35)
Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nickname McKernan
Club(s)
YearsClub
2004 - present
Burren
Club titles
Down titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
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.

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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.[ citation needed ]

Family

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

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
Ireland
Burren
School
Awards

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References

  1. "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Down ACFL Division 1 Final winning caption
2012
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