Kevin McKernan

Kevin McKernan
Personal information
Irish name	Caoimhín Mac Thiarnáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre Back
Born	(1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nickname	McKernan
Occupation	Electrician
Club(s)
Years	Club
2004 - present	Down GAA
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 (2): 2010-11
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

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. 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

Down Football Squads

Down – 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (4th title)

1 M. McAllister 2 G. Magee 3 C. Garvey 4 H. Magee 5 G. McCartan 6 É. McConville 7 K. Duffin 8 J. Colgan (c) 9 P. Fitzpatrick 10 D. Laverty 11 M. Clarke 12 S. Grant 13 C. Brannigan 14 R. Kelly 15 P. McComiskey Sub used R. Kerr for S. Grant C. Murney for K. Duffin C. Clerkin for D. Lavery K. McKernan for P. Fitzpatrick G. Joyce for M. McAllister Manager M. Turley

Down – 2008 Ulster Under-21 Football Champions

1 M. McAlister
2 M. Digney
3 C. Murney
4 J. Murphy
5 C. Garvey
6 K. Duffin
7 T. Hanna
8 J. Colgan (c)
9 J. Cardwell
10 C. Maginn
11 K. McKernan
12 P. McComiskey
13 C. Brannigan
14 C. Magee
15 R. Kelly

Subs used: C. Killen for McKernan; P. Downey for Magee; B. Rooney for Hanna

Subs not used: C. Murdock; J. O'Reilly; G. McCartan; D. Laverty; E. Toner; S. Grant; H. Magee; K. Anderson; D. Turley; T. Havern; A. Sloan

Down – 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 B. McVeigh
2 D. McCartan
3 D. Gordon
4 D. Rafferty
5 D. Rooney
6 K. McKernan
7 C. Garvey
8 P. Fitzpatrick
9 K. King
10 D. Hughes
11 M. Poland
12 B. Coulter (c)
13 P. McComiskey
14 J. Clarke
15 M. Clarke

Sub used: 25 C. Maginn for J. Clarke; 20 B. MacArdle for D. Rafferty; 29 A. Brannigan for K. King; 30 C. Laverty for M. Poland; 27 R. Murtagh for P. McComiskey

Subs not used: D. Alder; A .Carr; J. Colgan; L. Howard; D. O'Hagan; M. Doran; A. Rodgers; R. Sexton; J. Browne; G. McArdle; K. Anderson; A. McArdle; P. Devlin; K. Duffin; L. Lennon; C. Murdock

Manager: J. McCartan

Backroom team: B. McIver; P. Tally; J. Johnston

Ireland Football Squads

Ireland football team – 2010 International Rules Series

1 Cluxton
2 Begley
3 Brogan
4 Canty
5 Cavanagh (c)
6 Clarke
7 Donaghy
8 Glynn
9 Goulding
10 Hanley (vc)
11 Kavanagh
12 Keenan
13 Kennelly
14 McDermott
15 McDonnell
16 McKeever
17 McKernan
18 B. Murphy
19 M. Murphy
20 Reilly
21 Shields
22 Walsh
23 Bolton
26 Coulter

Standby players

24 Brennan
25 Connaughton
27 Fennell
28 McCarthy
29 McNamee

Coach: Tohill

Selectors: de Paor; Liston; O'Brien

Ireland football team – 2011 International Rules Series

1 Cluxton (c) 2 Begley 3 Bolton 4 Cadogan 5 Callaghan 6 Donaghy 7 Glynn 8 F. Hanley 9 P. Hanley 11 Hughes 13 Kelly 14 Kennelly 15 Lacey 16 McDonnell 18 McKeever (vc) 19 McKernan 20 McMahon 21 McGee 22 B. Murphy 23 M. Murphy 27 Reilly 28 Tuohy 31 Walsh Coach Tohill

Ireland football team – 2014 International Rules Series

1 Begley 2 Boyle 3 Cavanagh 4 Cregg 5 Donnelly 6 F. Hanley 7 P. Hanley 8 Hughes 9 Keegan 10 McCarthy 11 McDonald 12 McGee 13 McKaigue 14 McKernan 15 McLoughlin 16 McManus 17 Moran 18 Morgan 19 Munnelly 20 Murphy (c) 21 C. O'Neill 22 P. O'Neill 23 O'Rourke 24 O'Shea 25 Walsh (vc) Manager Earley

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