Paul Kerrigan

Kerrigan ended the championship with a winners' medal after coming on as a 25th-minute substitute for Joe Kavanagh in the 1-14 to 1-07 defeat of Muskerry in the final.

He later claimed his first Munster Club Championship medal after scoring 1-01 from play in the 2-12 to 1-09 defeat of St. Senan's in the Munster club final.

Paul Kerrigan (born 16 December 1986) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cork Premier Championship club Nemo Rangers.

After making his first appearance for the minor team in August 2003, he progressed onto the county under-21 team with whom he won an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship medal in 2007.

Kerrigan was just 16-years-old when he was drafted onto the Cork minor football team for the 2003 Munster Minor Championship.

He made his first appearance for the team when lining out at left wing-forward in the 2-18 to 0-08 defeat of Tipperary, before later lining out in the same position in the Munster final defeat by Kerry.

He joined the club’s senior team as a 17-year-old in 2004 and has since won five Munster Club Championship titles.

Kerrigan has also won 10 Cork County Championship titles from 11 final appearances.

Kerrigan lined out for Cork in three different grades of Gaelic football over a 17-year period.

Kerrigan joined the Nemo Rangers senior team for the 2004 Cork County Championship but was an unused substitute for the year.

In 2004, Cork qualified for a Munster final showdown with arch-rivals Kerry.

That game ended in a 0–9 apiece draw.

Cork lost the replay by three points.

In spite of this Cork were still in with a chance of claiming the All-Ireland title.

A 1–9 apiece draw was the result of their All-Ireland quarter-final game against Laois, however, Kerrigan's side were defeated at the second attempt.

He made his championship debut on 17 September 2005 in a 0-17 to 0-06 win over St Michael's in round 4.

In 2005 Kerrigan joined the Cork under-21 football team and was immediately appointed captain for the year.

He made his debut in a Munster quarter-final victory over Kerry and, after overcoming Clare, Kerrigan subsequently lined out in the provincial decider against Limerick.

A close game developed, however, Cork held on to win by 1–14 to 1–11 and Kerrigan collected his first Munster under-21 winners' medal.

Cork were later beaten by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Kerrigan claimed a second successive county title in 2006 before making it three-in-a-row after a 0-12 to 0-09 win over Ilen Rovers in 2007.

A member of the Cork senior football team for 13 seasons from 2008 until 2020, he won seven major trophies in his inter-county career, including the All-Ireland Championship in 2010.

Son of Jimmy Kerrigan, a two-time All-Ireland medal winner with Cork, Kerrigan began his career at club level with Nemo Rangers.

Kerrigan made his competitive debut for the senior team aged 21 in 2008.

His debut season yielded a Munster Championship title.

The following four seasons saw Kerrigan win two more Munster Championships, four successive National League titles across two divisions, as well as an All-Ireland Championship title.

A second Munster Club Championship title inside three years was subsequently attained, before Kerrigan lined out in his first All-Ireland club final on 17 March 2008.

He ended the game on the losing side after Dublin champions St. Vincent's secured the title with a 1-11 to 0-13 victory.

Kerrigan won a fourth County Championship winners' medal in 2008, as Nemo Rangers became the first team to win four successive championships after a 0-13 to 0-05 defeat of Douglas.

Five-in-a-row proved beyond the team, however, Kerrigan claimed a fifth county winners' medal after top scoring with 1-03 in the 2-10 to 1-08 win over St. Finbarr's in the 2010 final.

He subsequently claimed his third Munster Club Championship medal after securing a 1-15 to 1-13 win over Dr. Crokes.

After suffering defeat at the hands of Castlehaven in the 2011 final, Kerrigan was Nemo Rangers captain when the sides met in the 2015 final.

After an initial drawn game, he collected his sixth county winners' medal after leading Nemo to a 1-10 to 0-11 victory in the replay.

Kerrigan also ended the championship as top scorer with 4-22.

He again captained the team when Nemo suffered a 1-07 to 0-09 defeat by Clonmel Commercials in the 2015 Munster club final.

Kerrigan won a seventh county championship winners' medal after top scoring with 1-02 in the 4-12 to 3-13 win over St. Finbarr's in the 2017 county final.

He later claimed his fourth Munster Club Championship medal after a 0-16 to 0-11 defeat of Dr. Crokes in the 2017 Munster club final.

On 17 March 2018, Kerrigan made his first All-Ireland final appearance in ten years when Nemo suffered a 2-10 to 0-10 defeat by Corofin.

Kerrigan claimed an eighth county championship winners' medal after a 2-08 to 0-10 win over Duhallow in the 2019 county final.

He later won a fifth Munster Club Championship medal after the 0-15 to 0-06 win over Clonmel Commercials in the 2019 Munster club final.