Paul Kinnerk

Paul Kinnerk is an Irish hurling coach and Gaelic footballer, born on 12 December 1985 in Monaleen, County Limerick. He first played competitive hurling at school in Ardscoil Rís, joined the Limerick under-21 team at the age of twenty and made his senior debut in the 2011 championship, going on to play a cameo role for Limerick over the following seasons. The article describes him as a midfielder at senior level for the Limerick county team. At club level he won five championship medals with Monaleen, in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2016. His larger reputation rests on coaching: he served as coach and selector to the Clare minor, under-21 and senior hurling teams, including the senior side that won the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, and from 2017 he coached the Limerick senior hurlers under manager John Kiely.