John Kerins (football)
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John Kerins was an Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 sportsperson. He played Gaelic football
Gaelic football
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 with his local club St. Finbarr's
St. Finbarr's GAA
St. Finbarr's National Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Togher area of Cork city, County Cork, Ireland....

 and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1984 until 1994. Kerins was an integral part of the Cork team that enjoyed much success during this period, he himself winning six Munster titles, two All-Ireland titles and two GAA All-Stars Awards st senior level.

Kerins died in 2001 at the age of thirty-nine after battling cancer. A detective with An Garda Síochána, he is survived by a wife and three children.

County

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