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{{Short description|Armagh Gaelic footballer}}
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'''Aaron Kernan''' (born 16 December 1983)  is an [[Irish people|Irish]]<!-- PLAYED FOR IRELAND --> [[Gaelic football]] coach and former player for the [[Crossmaglen Rangers]] club and the [[Armagh county football team|Armagh county team]].

==Playing career==
===Club===
Kernan joined the [[Crossmaglen Rangers]] senior team in 2001 and retired following the 2023 Ulster quarter final defeat to Trillick. Throughout his playing career he won 18 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.<ref name=family_ties>{{cite news|first=Colm|last=Keys|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kernans-cast-off-family-ties-1407947.html|title=Kernans cast off family ties|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=13 June 2008|access-date=13 June 2008}}</ref> In 2005 Armagh won the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] and his second [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]. 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.<ref name=family_ties/>

He retired from the inter county game following the 2014 All Ireland quarter final defeat to Donegal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishnews.com/appnews/597/5764/2008/4/15/585211_342471913522Kernaneme.html |title=Kernan emerging as the Orchard's key piano man | date=15 April 2008 | first=Paddy | last=Heaney |newspaper=The Irish News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522022124/http://www.irishnews.com/appnews/597/5764/2008/4/15/585211_342471913522Kernaneme.html |archive-date=2008-05-22 }} {{subscription required}}</ref>

===International rules===
Kernan was a member of the successful Irish team to tour Australia in the [[2008 International Rules Series]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/1007/internationalrules.html?gaa |title=Tyrone & Kerry dominate Ireland squad |publisher=RTÉ |date=7 October 2008 |access-date=7 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010012514/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/1007/internationalrules.html?gaa |archive-date=10 October 2008 }}</ref>

==Coaching career==
In November 2024, Kernan joined [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] as a defence coach under the management of former teammate [[Tony McEntee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/334218|title=McEntee brings clubmate Kernan to Sligo|work=Hogan Stand|date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Crossmaglen Rangers
* 18 [[Armagh Senior Football Championship]]s (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018(c), 2019(c), 2022, 2023)
* 8 [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]]s (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
* 3 [[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]]s (2007, 2011, 2012)
;Armagh
* 4 [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]s (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
* 1 [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 1]] (2005)
* 1 [[National Football League (Ireland)|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)

==Personal life==
Kernan is the son of former Armagh player and manager [[Joe Kernan (Gaelic footballer)|Joe Kernan]], 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.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193304/http://armagh.gaa.ie/ Armagh GAA site]
* [http://armaghgaa.info Armagh GAA Supporters Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081204022950/http://www.orchardcounty.com/ Orchardcounty.com - Unofficial Armagh GAA site]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/Armagh/ Armagh on Hoganstand.com]

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