Mark Kerins

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Mark Kerins
Personal information
Irish name	Marc
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-forward
Born	1979 Clarinbridge, County Galway, Ireland
Occupation	Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Clarinbridge
Club Titles
Galway titles	2
Connacht titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1999-2008	Galway
Inter-county titles
All Irelands	0
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Mark Kerins (born 1979) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Galway senior team.

Born in Clarinbridge, County Galway, Kerins first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior team for the 1999 championship. Kerins went on to play a bit part for Galway at various times for almost a decade, and won one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times, Kerins won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Clarinbridge. In addition to this he also won one Connacht medal and two championship medals.^[1]

His retirement came following the conclusion of the 2008 championship.

Kerins's brother, Alan, enjoyed a lengthy career as a dual player with Galway.^[2]

Honours

Team

Clarinbridge

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2011
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2001
Galway Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2001, 2010

Galway

National Hurling League (1): 2000

Connacht

Railway Cup (2): 1999, 2004

References

↑ Fallon, John (17 October 2011). "Kerins brothers lead way for Clarinbridge". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
↑ "20 Questions: Alan Kerins Galway hurler". Irish Independent. 21 August 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

Mark Kerins navigation boxes

v t e Clarinbridge - 2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 L. Donoghue 2 C. Forde 3 B. Burke 4 P. Callanan (c) 5 J. Cannon 6 D. Forde 7 M. Donoghue 8 B. Daly 9 É. Murphy 10 S. Burke 11 M. Kerins 12 S. Forde 13 E. Forde 14 A. Kerins 15 P. Coen Sub used E. Collins for S. Forde Manager M. Donoghue Selectors T. Helebert N. Burke T. Flynn C. Lawless

Galway – 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: B. Higgins for D. Hardiman; O. Fahy for J. Rabbiite

Subs not used: L. Donoghue; E. McDonagh; D. Hayes; D. Cloonan; D. O'Shaughnessy; P. Walsh; D. O'Brien

Manager: N. Lane

Manager: J. Connolly; M. McNamara

Persondata
Name	Kerins, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	1979
Place of birth	Clarinbridge, County Galway
Date of death
Place of death

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