Career
He played hurling with his local club Newcestown and with the Cork senior inter-county teams in the 1990s. Kenneally captained Cork in 1995, however, he enjoyed little success with the senior team He continued to play with the more junior teams on his club for some years after.
His inter county career began as a Cork minor hurler in 1986.
He went on to play u21, Junior and Senior hurling as well as Junior football for Cork. His last medal was one in the Intermediate Football final of 2001 but he retired form the big ball game after the game which benefitted his hurling enormously for the next number of years.
He attended Hamilton High School in Bandon. At third level he played both Sigerson Cup and Fitzgibbon Cup hurling with UCC He had twice broken the same ankle by the age of 17.
He was regarded a hard but fair competitor.
He coached Saint 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 join Valley Rovers. As a neighbouring parish and a club beset with inner turmoil at the time, many regarded this appointment as a poison chalice.
In 2010 he was appointed as coach to the Cork Intermediate hurling team
