Gerard Kerlin

Gerard Joseph Kerlin was an Irish chess player and two-times Leinster Chess Championship winner.

Biography

In the end of 1930s to the mid-1940s Gerard Kerlin was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He three times participated in Irish Chess Championships. His best result in this tournament was shared 2nd - 3rd place in 1939. Gerard Kerlin two times in row won Leinster Chess Championships: 1940, and 1941. Also, he won Dunsany Premier in 1941.
Gerard Kerlin played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad:

In 1939, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires.