Career
Born in Glanmire, County, Kearney first excelled at hurling during his schooling at Glanmire Community College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the under-21 team He made his senior debut during the 2012 championship.
He has been an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
Kearney has also lined out with the Munster inter-provincial team At club level he is a three-time championship medalist with.
University Institute of Technology provided the opposition, however, UCC claimed a thrilling extra-time success as they celebrated the centenary of the competition in style on home soil with a narrow 2-15 to 2-14 victory. lieutenant was Kearney"s sole Fitzgibbon Cup medal.
Club Kearney first enjoyed success with at underage levels, when he captained the team to victory in the minor championship decider over Duhallow in 2008.
lieutenant was Kearney"s first championship medal and a first for Sars in fifty-one years. After surrendering their title to Newtownshandrum the following year, were back in a third successive championship decider in 2010. Glen Rovers, who were playing in their first championship decider in nineteen years, provided the opposition.
A Conor O"Sullivan goal proved vital as triumphed by 1-17 to 0-18, with Kearney collecting a second championship medal. failed to retain the title once again, however, in 2012 Kearney lined out in his fourth championship decider in five years.
Sars were the more experienced side as Bishopstown were the surprise finalists. In spite of this, it took a late goal from Robert O"Driscoll to secure a 1-15 to 1-13 victory.
Inter-county Having enjoyed little success with the under-21 hurling team, Kearney made his senior championship debut on 23 June 2012 in a 1-22 to 0-24 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final. On 14 July 2013 Kearney lined out in his second Munster decider, however, faced a 0-24 to 0-15 defeat by Limerick.
On 8 September 2013 Kearney lined out against Clare in his first All-Ireland final.
Three second-half goals through Conor Lehane, Anthony Nash and Pa Cronin, and a tenth point of the game from Patrick Horgan gave a one-point lead as injury time came to an education A last-gasp point from corner-back Domhnall O"Donovan earned Clare a 0-25 to 3-16 draw. The replay on 28 September was regarded as one of the best in recent years.
Clare"s Shane O"Donnell was a late addition to the team, and went on to score a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game.
Horgan top scored for, however, further goals from Conor McGrath and Darach Honan secured a 5-16 to 3-16 victory for Clare. Inter-provincial Kearney has also been picked for duty with the Munster inter-provincial team, however, he has yet to claim a Railway Cup medal.