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Paddy Kerr is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Ballybay Pearses and the Monaghan county team.
Kerr is the son of a Dublin inter-county footballer, while members of his mother's family played inter-county football for Monaghan. [1] He first played senior inter-county football for Monaghan in 1968, shortly after making his senior club debut. [1] His inter-county career lasted until 1985. [1] Kerr also trained the senior county team in the mid-1970s. [2]
He played in the half-back position on the Monaghan team that won the 1979 Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) title. [1] He was then Pat Spillane's marker during the 1979 All-Ireland SFC semi-final defeat to Kerry. [1] By the time of Monaghan's National Football League-winning season of 1985, and the Ulster SFC title that followed, Kerr was no longer starting games for Monaghan, and was helping manager Seán McCague as a team selector. [1] However, he still received medals for both title wins. [2] When McCague departed, Kerr took over as team manager for one season. [1]
Kerr played club football between 1967 and 1988. [1] He won the 1969 and 1987 Monaghan SFC titles. [1] [2] He captained UCD to the 1973–74 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title, while also winning two Dublin SFC titles and consecutive Sigerson Cup titles in 1973 and 1974. [1] [2]
Kerr also played for Ulster in the 1976 Railway Cup final. [1] He managed Ballybay Pearses to the 1999 Monaghan Minor Football Championship. [1] He was inducted into the Monaghan GAA Hall of Fame in 2017. [3]
By 2002, Kerr was deputy principal of the Ballybay Community College secondary school. [1] As of 2005, he was its principal. [2] He is married, with six children. [2]
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