Pat Kenneally

Pat Kenneally (born 1968) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Newcestown and with the Cork senior inter-county teams in the 1990s. Kenneally captained Cork in 1995, after being first selected in 1989. He played in four County Finals for his club He also won the Man of the Match award when playing in the 1994 county success with his division Carbery which allowed him to achieve the honour of captaining his county in the 1995 Senior Hurling campaign.

His inter county career began as a Cork minor hurler in 1986. He went on to win all-Ireland medals in u21, Junior and Senior hurling as well as Junior football for Cork. He won an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal in 1994 and an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1989 together with an All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship medal in 1989. He was also a member of the 1990 senior hurling squad who together with the senior footballers achieved an historic double that year. In 1993 he won a National Hurling League medal with Cork after the epic three match saga with Wexford. His last medal was one in the Intermediate Football final of 2001 though he played hurling for some years after.

He attended Hamilton High School in Bandon. At third level he played both Sigerson Cup gaelic football and Fitzgibbon Cup hurling - winning 3 medals- with UCC He represented teams in London, Boston and Chicago. He had twice broken the same ankle by the age of 17 with recurring complications for years after. He was regarded a tough but fair competitor . He coached St. Brogans College in Bandon to an All-Ireland success in 2004.

After a few years away from the game at a high level (he played for the 3rds' of Newcestown in 2009 ) he was persuaded to coach Valley Rovers who had been without success for some years at that time. However they were to win 3 counties within 2 years (2 football, 1 hurling). In 2010 he was appointed as coach to the Cork Intermediate hurling team (2 years) and went on to manage both the Cork minor (2 years) and Cork U21 hurling teams.

Honours

University College Cork Fitzgibbon Cup: 1987, 1988, 1990

Newcestown Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 2001 Cork Junior A Football Championship: 1990 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1992 South West Junior A Football Championship: 1988, 1990 South West Junior A Hurling Championship: 1988, 1991, 1992

Carbery Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1994

Cork All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1990 Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1990 National Hurling League: 1992–93 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1994 Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1992, 1994 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1988 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1988 Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1986