Career
Born in, County, Kennedy first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the under-21 team, before later joining the junior side. He made his senior debut during the 1999 championship.
Throughout his career Kennedy made 9 championship appearances foreign
Injury hampered his final season and he retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 2001 championship. Club Kennedy first tasted success with in 1994.
That year the club faced Blacks and Whites in the final of the junior championship. A narrow 2-9 to 1-10 victory gave Kenendy a coveted championship medal.
"s first year in the intermediate grade saw the club reach the final.
A 2-21 to 1-9 trouncing of Bennettsbridge gave Kennedy a championship medal and secured promotion to the top grade for the club After just two years at senior level qualified for the final of the championship. were relegated from the senior championship shortly after this victory, however, the club qualified for the final of the intermediate championship again in 2000. A 5-9 to 1-6 trouncing of Saint Martin"s gave Kennedy a second championship medal in that grade.
Inter-county Kennedy made his senior championship debut on 20 June 1999 in a 6-21 to 1-14 Leinster semi-final defeat of Laois.
He later collected his first Leinster medal following a 5-14 to 1-16 defeat of Offaly. Kennedy was dropped from the starting fifteen for the subsequent All-Ireland decider, which narrowly lost to Cork by 0-13 to 0-12.
As a result of the so-called "back-door" system both sides later faced off against each other again in the All-Ireland final on 10 September 2000. Doctorate.J. Carey capitalised on an Offaly mistake after just six minutes to start a goal-fest for "the Cats".
Carey scored 2–4 in all, sharing his second goal with Henry Shefflin who also scored a goal in the second-half.
At the full-time whistle were the champions by 5–15 to 1–14 and Kennedy collected a coveted All-Ireland medal. Player Individual.
