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Thomas "Tom" Kenny (born 16 July 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior team from 2003 until retiring in 2013. Born in Grenagh, County Cork, Kenny first excelled at 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. ==Biography== 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. Kenny subsequently attended University College Cork where he studied commerce. Once again he was heavily involved in Gaelic games when he was a UCC alumnus. In 2001 he won a freshers All-Ireland medal with the college. Three years later in 2004 Kenny captained the university to the final of the inter-varsities Fitzgibbon Cup. The opponents on that occasion were Waterford Institute of Technology, however, Kenny ended up on the losing side as WIT won the game by 0–11 to 0–9. While at UCC he was also a regular on the university Gaelic football team in the Sigerson Cup. Kenny currently works for Ernst and Young. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Kenny (hurler)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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