Tom Kenny (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Cionnaith | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Centre-forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Midfield/Right Wing Back | ||
| Born |
16 July 1981 Grenagh, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Accountant | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Grenagh | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 1 | 1 | |
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2003–2013 2003 |
Cork (hurling) Cork (football) |
47 (1–33)) 1 (0–0) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 0 | 3 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | 2 | |
| League titles | 0 | 0 | |
| All-Stars | 0 | 0 | |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:30, 31 July 2012. | |||
Thomas "Tom" Kenny (born 16 July 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder and later right wing back for the Cork senior team from 2003 until retiring in 2013.
Born in Grenagh, County Cork, Kenny first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St. Finbarr's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene as a dual player at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams, before later lining out with the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut in the 2003 championship. Kenny has gone on to play a key part for Cork during a successful period for the team, and has won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. Kenny was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. He retired from Inter county Hurling in the winter of 2013, Going out as one of the greats of the game.
At club level Kenny has won a championship medal with Grenagh in the intermediate football grade and He also won a Cork Junior Hurling Championship medal in 2013.
Tom Kenny was born in Grenagh, County Cork in 1981, just a couple of months before his more prolific cousin John Russell. He was educated locally at Rathduff national school before later attending St. Finbarr's College, Farranferris, a famed Gaelic games nursery in Cork city. It was here that his hurling talents first came to prominence as Kenny became a key member of the college hurling teams at various levels. He first tasted success in 1996 when he captured a Dean Ryan Cup winners' medal. Kenny later joined the St. Finbarr's senior hurling team and make a Harty Cup final appearance in his final year in the school. St. Flannan's College from Ennis emerged victorious on that occasion. As a skilled soccer player he also had trials for the Irish under-age team.
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