Having to retire at the age of 22 left Kieran McKenna pursuing a coaching career with a passion. He’s poised now to take his pick of the Premier League jobs.
Declan Bogue IN THE COMING WEEKS, Kieran McKenna is set to become one of the most famous Irishmen on the planet.
Depending on the day, it’s either spectacular or desolate. There’s no debate that it is entirely remote. Liam owned a garage and, along with his brother Owen, a digger driver, they put together the capital to purchase the Manor House in Killadeas, Fermanagh, a 17th Century small eight-bedroom hotel that despite its’ Italianite design, had fallen behind its’ former glories in the late ‘80s.
“Seeing the work they’ve put in, the hours, the way they managed people, the passion they put into it, definitely influenced me,” he told The Observer in an interview last year, after Ipswich clinched promotion from League One. Advertisement Robbie studies Sport and Exercise at the local South West College, and has spent some time in his placement over at Ipswich Town. He has played Gaelic football for various underage Fermanagh sides and his club, Coa O’Dwyers.
His sporting passions were two-fold. Football with Enniskillen Town United, and Gaelic football with Enniskillen Gaels. “What set Kieran apart even at that young stage of his career was his sheer professionalism, the way he dedicated himself to it.” “Kieran was not blessed with pace but he more than compensated for it with his game intelligence. In football teams for St Michael’s, he was playing sweeper before we even knew what a sweeper was.
“I told him about Kieran’s focus on his GCSE’s, the fact that Kieran protected himself against bad luck with injury by ensuring his GCSE’s before continuing his studies when he went to Tottenham,” he says.A quick check this week clarified McKenna’s results; four A*s a five A grades. His relationship with Allen cemented further, he returned to Tottenham to perform an analysis role before taking charge of the club’s Under-18 side.
They won the first game, 1-0 against Wycombe Wanderers at Portman Road. Then a 4-0 win on the road against Gillingham.
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