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Tommy Kirnan

Man of Many Talents
By Jim Olson, ©2015, www.TotallyWestern.com

T

rick riding and
roping are now
considered
“specialty acts”
in the world of
professional rodeo.
That was not always
the case. There
used to be many
men and women
who competed at
them. They were
judged events.

Tommy Kirnan
(sometimes
misspelled as
Kiernan) was born
November 9, 1893
Tommy Kirnan with wife, Bea
at Bayonne