Matthew Kerrigan (born 1943) is an Irish former

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who played for the

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club and at senior level for the Meath county team. He later had several successes as an inter-county manager.

Playing career

Kerrigan had an unconventional beginning to his inter-county career after failing to earn a call-up to the Meath minor football team. He later missed out in the under-21 grade as Meath didn't enter the Leinster Under-21 Championship at the time. Kerrigan first appeared for Meath as a member of the junior team that lost the 1964 All-Ireland home final, before making his senior debut against

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during the 1966-67 National League. His debut season ended with a victory over

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in the 1967 All-Ireland final. Kerrigan made a second All-Ireland final appearance in 1970, losing out to Kerry on that occasion, before claiming a National League title in 1975 and ending the season by being selected on the All-Star team. He also enjoyed success on the club scene as part of the

four-in-a-row team from 1974 to 1977. Kerrigan ended his career by winning a Leinster Club Championship title.

Managerial career

In retirement from playing, Kerrigan's management career included roles with various Meath teams in all grades, including the senior team, and he guided the minors and under 21s to a number of Leinster titles. Kerrigan also had spells in charge of Westmeath and

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. He managed Westmeath for nearly four years, between 1992 and 1995.

Media career

He has worked as an analyst for LMFM.

Honours

Player

;Summerhill * Leinster Senior Club Football Championship:

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* Meath Senior Football Championship:

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

;Meath * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship:

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

* Leinster Senior Football Championship:

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

* National Football League: 1974-75 *

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: 1964 ;Awards * All-Star: 1975

Manager

;Meath *

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: 1980 ;Leinster *

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: 1996, 1997

References

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