Aaron Kernan (born 16th December 1983) is an Irish

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er who plays for the Crossmaglen Rangers club and, formerly, for the Armagh county team. Kernan is the son of former Armagh player and manager

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, his brothers Stephen, Tony and Paul were also Crossmaglen and Armagh panel members, and their younger brother Ross played for Crossmaglen also. Kernan runs his own estate agency in his home town of Crossmaglen.

Playing career

Club

Kernan joined the Crossmaglen Rangers senior team in 2001. Since then he has won 17 Armagh County medals, 8 Ulster club medals and 3 All-Ireland club medals in 2007, 2011 & 2012. In 2007 he received Man of the Match for his performance in the match.

Inter-county

In 2004 Kernan joined the Armagh senior panel, it wasn't until 2005 that he made the breakthrough onto the Armagh senior team, with his father Joe as manager. In 2005 Armagh won the

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and his second

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. Kernan has won the Ulster championship 4 times in total 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008 as well as Ulster Under-21 Football Championship in 2004 and an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 2004. Kernan was named All Stars Young Footballer of the Year in 2005. He retired from the inter county game following the 2014 All Ireland quarter final defeat to Donegal.

International rules

Kernan was selected for the

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team to play in the

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Honours

;Crossmaglen Rangers * 17

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s (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018(c), 2019(c), 2022) * 8 Ulster Senior Club Football Championships (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) * 3 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships (2007, 2011, 2012) ;Armagh * 4

s (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008) * 1 National Football League Division 1 (2005) * 1 National Football League Division 2 (2010) * 1 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship (2004) * 1 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (2004) Ulster * 3 Railway Cups (2007, 2009, 2013) Ireland * 1 International Series Win (2008) Individual Awards * 1 All Stars Young Footballer of the Year (2005) * 2 Irish News Ulster All-Stars (2005, 2006) * 1 Gaelic Life Ulster Club All Star (2015) *2 Armagh Club All Stars (2018, 2022) *1 Armagh Club Footballer of the Year (2018)

References

External links

Armagh GAA site

Armagh GAA Supporters Website

Orchardcounty.com - Unofficial Armagh GAA site

Armagh on Hoganstand.com
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