Michael Joseph Kiernan (born 17 January 1961) is a former international rugby union player. He had 43 caps for

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, from 1982 to 1991, scoring 6 tries, 40 conversions, 62 penalties and 6 drop goals, in an aggregate of 308 points. He was called for the

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, playing in three games and scoring 1 try, 7 conversions, 5 penalties and 1 drop goal, in an aggregate of 37 points. In 1983 he toured New Zealand with the

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and at the time played club rugby for

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. His uncle,

Tom Kiernan Thomas Joseph Kiernan (7 January 1939 – 3 February 2022) was an Ireland international rugby union player. He won 54 caps for Ireland as a full-back between 1960 and 1973 and captained his country 24 times. At the time of his retirement he w ...

, was also an Irish and rugby union international and Lions player, as was his maternal uncle Mick Lane.

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