Joe Kernan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joe Kernan
Occupation	Gaelic Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 8, 1954(1954-04-08)
Age	70
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Crossmaglen
Horoscope	Aries

Joe Kernan Biography

Joe Kernan is one of the most popular and richest Gaelic Football Player who was born on April 8, 1954 in Crossmaglen, United Kingdom. Joe Kernan was born in Dublin in 1954. The second son of the family of three brothers and two daughters, his father passed away at the age of 11 years old. His mother passed away in the latter part of 2007. Kernan was educated locally , and later boarded at Omeath and later attended at the Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School in Newry. After his secondary schooling, there was a lack of employment opportunities for those in Northern Ireland and Kernan considered the possibility of emigrating to Australia in which the three siblings of his were already. However, he chose to remain in Crossmaglen and by the late 1980s there was a bar that he operated located in town. The pub was closed in the mid 1990s and is now an estate agent who is self-employed and a mortgage broker. In December of 1976, Joe was married to Patricia Morgan, in 1983 the first son of the couple was born. They comprise of Stephen, Aaron, Tony, Paul & Ross. The four boys with the eldest are well- known for their success in the game of football together with Crossmaglen Rangers and they are members of the Armagh panel.

In the year 1980, Kernan was awarded a second Ulster medal alongside Armagh but his team were later defeated to Roscommon at the All-Ireland semi-final. A third provincial award was won from Kernan at the end of 1982 but Armagh was eliminated in the All-Ireland semi-finals again. However, the award was presented to him another All-Star award. Kernan continued to play until 1987, when he decided to retire following an Ulster final loss to Derry. This was his sixth appearance in the provincial final all-time. Kernan also took home the two National Football League Division 2 in 1976 and 1979.

In 1993 Kernan became manager of Crossmaglen Rangers. At the time Crossmaglen football was at an all-time low. Three years later in 1996, after the club had won four under-21 county titles in-a-row, Kernan guided the senior side to a first county championship in 11 years. Crossmaglen went on to claim the Ulster club title before defeating Knockmore to win the 1997 All-Ireland club title. In 1997 and 1998 Kernan guided Crossmaglen to two further county titles. The latter win was later converted into a second set of Ulster and All-Ireland titles. In 1999 Cross captured a fourth county title in-a-row as well as a second successive Ulster title. On St. Patricks Day, 2000 Kernan’s side went on to win a third All-Ireland title in four years. Following this victory Kernan decided to retire from club management. He would later return in 2013.

In November 2001, Kernan was appointed manager of the Armagh senior football team. No stone was left unturned in preparing the team.

Kernan played club football in his club team, the Crossmaglen Rangers team and, over time, he became an one of the club’s most admired players of the club. He won five county senior championships between 1971 until 1988. Kernan quit club football in 1988.

Joe Kernan Net Worth

Joe Kernan is one of the richest Gaelic Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joe Kernan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Joe Kernan (born 8 April 1954) is an ex- Irish athlete born in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. Joe played Gaelic football for his club in town Crossmaglen Rangers and with the Armagh senior inter-county side in the 1970s and the 1980s. The team was awarded All Stars in 1977 and 1982, he was the manager of the Armagh senior football team and guided them to win the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title which was their first title before they resigned in July 2007, following the team was defeated by Derry. He is currently the manager of Ulster as well as also the Irish International Rules team. A biographical account of his life was released in the year 2011 titled Joe Kernan: Without the Shadow of Doubt’.

Kernan made his senior Armagh playing debut in a McKenna Cup game against Donegal in 1971. In 1977, it took to Kernan to achieve his first significant success, when he took home the first Ulster title. Armagh was later a part of Dublin during his first All-Ireland final, but despite Kernan having scored two goals, the player lost to the team. Kernan received the All-Star distinction for his performance in that season.

In 1989 Kernan got a first taste of inter-county management when he served as assistant to the Armagh manager, Paddy Moriarty. After Armagh were beaten by the eventual Ulster champions in 1989, 1990 and 1991 Moriarty decided to resign as manager and Kernan also walked away.

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In 2005 he guided the county to their first ever National League title, before successfully defending the Ulster Championship against Tyrone. The following year Armagh became the first team since the 1959–1961 Down side to win the Ulster Championship three years in a row.

Facts & Trivia

Joe Ranked on the list of most popular Gaelic Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Joe Kernan celebrates birthday on April 8 of every year.

In September 2009, Kernan was announced as the new manager of the Galway senior football team. However, in August 2010, he resigned after a very unsuccessful year with the result of Galway getting knocked out of the championship early by being defeated by Wexford.