Kildare star cleared to face Armagh after getting four-month-old black card overturned

Down midfielder Kevin McKernan was also cleared of a suspension.

Kildare and Down midfielders Kevin Feely and Kevin McKernan are free to play in Saturday week’s Round 4B All-Ireland Qualifiers after successfully appealing black cards, writes Stephen Barry.

Both players had picked up three black cards in county action across the year, but took cases to the Central Hearings Committee.