Norman Kernaghan

Name: Norman Kernaghan (some sources (mis)spell his name Kernoghan)

Born: c.1919, Belfast

Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps/2 Goals (1936-1937), Amateur Caps (1934), 3 Schoolboy Caps (1932-1933); Irish League: 10 Caps (1935-1940); Northern Regional League: 2 Caps (1942).
Club Honours: (with Belfast Celtic) Irish League Champion; Northern Regional League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1937/38, 1937/38, 1940/41, 1942/43; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner; (with Distillery) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1945/46; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1945/46.

Club Career:
Cliftonville (Irish League); Belfast Celtic (Irish League) 1934/35-1944/45; Distillery (Irish League) 1945/46 (12 Goals Total); Ballymena United (Irish League); Glenavon (Irish League).

Biography:

To follow. From "Paradise Lost & Found" by Padraig Coyle (1999).

From "Belfast Celtic" by John Kennedy (1989).

Kernaghan later managed Glenavon, and in the 1960s was manager of the Northern Ireland Youth team which produced George Best.

Ireland Cap Details:
11-03-1936 Wales... H W 3-2 BC 1 Goal
31-10-1936 Scotland H L 1-3 BC 1 Goal
23-10-1937 England. H L 1-5 BC

Summary: 3/2. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 2.