Mick Kennefick
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Micheál Ciniféic | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born | 1924 Cork, Ireland |
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| Died | 1982 Cork, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1941-1944 | St. Finbarr's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1942-1944 | Cork | 8 (3-6) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Michael "Mick" Kennefick (1924–1982) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Cork senior team.
Kennefick joined the team during the 1942 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his forced retirement due to injury during the 1944 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and two Munster medals. Kennefick captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1943.
At club level Kennefick was a two-time county club championship medalist with St. Finbarr's.
His father, Dan Kennefick, also played hurling for Cork.
Kennefick played his club hurling with St. Finbarr's and enjoyed much success.
He first played for the famous "Barr's" club in the minor grade and collected three successive championship medals in that grade between 1939 and 1941.
In 1942 Kennefick played in his first senior county final with "the Barr's". Ballincollig, a team who had defeated nine-in-a-row hopefuls Glen Rovers in the semi-final, provided the opposition. St. Finbarr's made no mistake and powered to a 5-7 to 2-2. It was Kennefick's first championship medal.
Both St. Finbarr's and Ballincollig met in the championship decider again the following year. A 3-3 apiece draw, thanks to a late goal by Seán Condon, was the result on that occasion, however, St. Finbarr's made no mistake in the replay and powered to a 7-9 to 1-1 victory. It was Kennefick's second and final championship medal.
Kennefick first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team in 1941. He won a Munster medal that year following a 4-6 to 3-3 defeat of Tipperary. Kennefick later lined out in the All-Ireland decider against Kilkenny. A 5-2 to 2-2 score line gave Cork the victory and gave Kennefick an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal.
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