Kevin Hennessy

It was Midleton's first senior county final triumph since 1916.

Hennessy's side later had the honour of representing Cork in the provincial club championship.

A 1–14 to 1–11 defeat of Tipperary's Borrisoleigh in the replay of provincial decider gave Fenton a Munster club winners' medal.

Midleton were later defeated by Gort in the All-Ireland club semi-final.

Kevin Hennessy (born 8 March 1961) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left-corner forward for the Cork senior team.

Born in Midleton, County Cork, Hennessy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of 18 when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later lining out with the under-21 side.

Hennessy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Cork in the early 1970s.

In 1979 he enjoyed his first success in the minor grade.

Hennessy began the year by winning a Munster minor hurling title following a 3–17 to 404 defeat of Limerick.

The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Cork take on Kilkenny.

A close game ensued, however, at the final whistle Cork were the champions by 2–11 to 1–9, giving Hennessy an All-Ireland minor hurling winners' medal.

He made his senior debut in the 1982 championship.

Hennessy went on to play a key part for over a decade, and won three All-Ireland medals and seven Munster medals.

He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.

Hennessy represented the Munster inter-provincial team in the early stages of his career, winning two Railway Cup medals.

At club level he won one All-Ireland medal, two Munster medals and four championship medals with Midleton.

Throughout his career Hennessy made 22 championship appearances for Cork.

Hennessy later joined the Cork under-21 hurling team and enjoyed the ultimate success in 1982.

That year he captured a Munster winners' title in that grade as Limerick were easily accounted for.

The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Cork against Galway.

A marrow 0–12 to 0–11 victory gave Hennessy an All-Ireland under-21 winners' medal.

Hennessy later joined the Cork senior hurling team and won his first senior Munster winners' medal in 1982 following a 5–31 to 3–6 trouncing of Waterford.

The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Cork take on Kilkenny.

Following an impressive provincial championship campaign 'the Rebels' were the red-hot favourites, however, Kilkenny surprised.

Christy Heffernan scored two goals in a 40-second spell just before the interval to take the wind out of Cork's sails.

Ger Fennelly got a third goal within eight minutes of the restart, giving Kilkenny a 3–18 to 1–15 victory.

He won his first senior county senior championship title with the club in 1983.

In 1983 Cork's run of provincial success continued.

Hennessy won a second Munster title that year as Cork trounced Waterford for the second consecutive year.

The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Cork against Kilkenny for the second consecutive year also.

He was also a Cork Senior Football Championship winner with Imokilly in 1984.

He also won a Cork Intermediate Football Championship in 1984 with Midleton.

Three years later in 1986 Hennessy captured a second county title before adding a third county winners' medal to his collection in 1987.

Later that year Midleton won a second Munster club title following a one-point win over Cappawhite of Tipperary.

On St. Patrick's Day, 1988 Midleton lined out in the All-Ireland club final.

Athenry of Galway provided the opposition, however, two early goals by Hennessy and a kicked goal by Colm O'Neill gave Midleton a 3–8 to 0–9 victory.

This victory also gave Hennessy an All-Ireland club winners' medal.

Hennessy won a fourth and final county title with the club in 1991.

He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1993 championship.

Hennessy played his club hurling with the Midleton club in East Cork and came to prominence just as the club joined the senior ranks of the county championship.