Kevin McKernan

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.

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 Primary School teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2004 - present
 Burren
Club titles
Down titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2007-present
 Down

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
Ireland
Burren
School
Awards

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
Anthony Devlin

(Kilcoo)

 Down ACFL Division 1 Final winning caption
2012		 Succeeded by
Gary McEvoy


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