# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-kiernan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:11:01.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-kiernan"
name: "Tom Kiernan"
slug: "tom-kiernan"
description: "Thomas Joseph Kiernan 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 was Ireland's most-capped player, most experienced captain, and record scorer in internationals with 158 points. He captained the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in all four internationals against South Africa. His nephew, Mike Kiernan, also played for Ireland and the Lions. Kiernan was also the Munster team coach for their famous victory over the All Blacks in 1978. He received the IRB Distinguished Service Award in 2001. He died on 3 February 2022, at the age of 83."
tagline: "Irish rugby union player (1939–2022)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1939-01-07"
deathDate: "2022-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.677394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kiernan"
    title: "Tom Kiernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "طوم كيرنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kiernan"
    title: "Tom Kiernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kiernan"
    title: "Tom Kiernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kiernan"
    title: "Tom Kiernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kiernan"
    title: "Tom Kiernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281871"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump