Aidan Kearney
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Aidan Kearney is an Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 sportsperson. He plays hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 with his local club Tallow
Tallow GAA
Tallow GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Tallow, in west County Waterford, Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship four times, first in 1936 and more recently in 1980, 1984 and 1985...

 and with the Waterford
Waterford GAA
The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The County Board is also responsible for the Waterford inter-county teams. The county...

 senior inter-county team.

Club

Kearney has played with this local club, Tallow
Tallow GAA
Tallow GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Tallow, in west County Waterford, Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship four times, first in 1936 and more recently in 1980, 1984 and 1985...

 since underage and presently plays with the club in the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship and the Waterford Junior Football Championship
Waterford Junior Football Championship
Waterford Junior Football Championship is the third-tier gaelic football competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The competition is confined to clubs in Waterford in Ireland. The winners usually will play in the senior grade the following year for the...

. Kearney also played with his school, St. Colman's College, Fermoy
St. Colman's College, Fermoy
St. Colman's College is an all-boys secondary school in Fermoy, County Cork. The school was founded in 1856 and opened in 1858 as the diocesan college of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. Archbishop Thomas Croke became the school's first President in this year...

 winning the Dr. Harty Cup
Dr. Harty Cup
The Dr. Harty Cup is a hurling competition for schools in the province of Munster in Ireland. The cup is presented to the winners of the Munster Colleges Senior "A" Hurling Championship. Players have to be under the age of 19 to compete. The winning team represents Munster in the Dr. Croke Cup...

 with them in 2002 and 2003.

Inter-county

At inter-county level, Aidan plays with Waterford
Waterford GAA
The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The County Board is also responsible for the Waterford inter-county teams. The county...

. Aidan made his championship debut versus Westmeath
Westmeath GAA
The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath...

 on 18 June 2006. In his short inter county career, Aidan has won both a National Hurling League
National Hurling League 2007
The 2007 National Hurling League was a national hurling league competition between 32 GAA county teams from Ireland and London from England. The following information was submitted to Wikipedia without any sources, and is provided in good faith without any testament as to its accuracy.-Division One...

 title and a Munster Championship
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The Munster GAA Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1888 for the top hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland....

. In 2008, Kearney played in the All-Ireland Hurling Final
All-Ireland Hurling Final
The All-Ireland Hurling Final is the last match to be played in the All-Ireland Hurling Championships . The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final is one of the biggest sporting occasions to be held in Ireland every year...

 where Waterford
Waterford GAA
The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The County Board is also responsible for the Waterford inter-county teams. The county...

 were resoundly beaten by a determined Kilkenny
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

 side.

Championship Appearances

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Match report
1 18 June 2006 Cusack Park
Cusack Park (Mullingar)
Cusack Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is the main grounds of Westmeath GAA's Gaelic football and hurling teams. The ground was opened in 1933 and has a capacity of 15,000....

, Mullingar
Mullingar
Mullingar is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act of 1542, proclaimed Westmeath a county, separating it from Meath. Mullingar became the administrative centre for County Westmeath...

Westmeath
Westmeath GAA
The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath...

0-0 3-22 : 1-14 Group Stage Qualifier
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006
The Guinness Hurling Championship 2006 was won by Kilkenny, who defeated holders Cork in the All-Ireland final.-Format:The format of the 2006 championship remained the same as in 2005:...

Irish Independent
2 8 July 2006 O'Moore Park
O'Moore Park
O'Moore Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. It is the home of the Laois Gaelic football and hurling teams. The ground has a capacity of about 27,000. Its pitch is one of ireland's best under weather. It is the venue for a lot of club and county...

, Portlaoise
Laois
Laois GAA
The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:...

0-0 2-17 : 1-13 Group Stage Qualifier
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006
The Guinness Hurling Championship 2006 was won by Kilkenny, who defeated holders Cork in the All-Ireland final.-Format:The format of the 2006 championship remained the same as in 2005:...

Irish Independent
3 17 June 2007 Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium, located in Thurles, North Tipperary, Ireland, is the home of hurling for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. It is the second largest stadium in Ireland with a capacity of 53,500....

, Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

Cork 0-0 5-15 : 3-18 Munster Semi-Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship commenced in May 2007 and was retained by holders Kilkenny after overwhelming Limerick in the final on Sunday 2 September.-Format:The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:...

Irish Independent
4 8 July 2007 Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium, located in Thurles, North Tipperary, Ireland, is the home of hurling for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. It is the second largest stadium in Ireland with a capacity of 53,500....

, Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...

0-0 3-17 : 1-14 Munster Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship commenced in May 2007 and was retained by holders Kilkenny after overwhelming Limerick in the final on Sunday 2 September.-Format:The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:...

Irish Independent
5 29 July 2007 Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Dublin
Cork 0-0 3-16 : 3-16 All-Ireland Quarter-Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship commenced in May 2007 and was retained by holders Kilkenny after overwhelming Limerick in the final on Sunday 2 September.-Format:The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:...

Irish Independent
6 5 August 2007 Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Dublin
Cork 0-0 2-17 : 0-20 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Replay
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship commenced in May 2007 and was retained by holders Kilkenny after overwhelming Limerick in the final on Sunday 2 September.-Format:The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:...

Irish Independent
7 12 August 2007 Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Dublin
Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...

0-0 2-15 : 5-11 All-Ireland Semi-Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship commenced in May 2007 and was retained by holders Kilkenny after overwhelming Limerick in the final on Sunday 2 September.-Format:The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:...

Irish Independent
8 1 June 2008 Gaelic Grounds
Gaelic Grounds
The Gaelic Grounds or Páirc na nGael is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Limerick City, Ireland, home to the Limerick hurling and football teams....

, Limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

Clare
Clare GAA
The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. The county board is also responsible for the Clare inter-county teams....

0-0 0-23 : 2-26 Munster Quarter-Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship commenced in May 2007 and was retained by holders Kilkenny after overwhelming Limerick in the final on Sunday 2 September.-Format:The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:...

Irish Examiner
9 17 August 2008 Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Dublin
Tipperary
Tipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...

0-0 1-20 : 1-18 All-Ireland Semi-Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship 2008 was the 122nd since its establishment in 1887. The first matches of the season were played on 25 May 2008, and the championship ended on 7 September 2008...

RTE Sport
10 7 September 2008 Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Dublin
Kilkenny
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

0-0 1-13 : 3-30 All-Ireland Final
2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
-Waterford:Waterford started off the year with a Munster Championship first round clash with Clare at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick on 1 June 2008. Waterford, missing a number of first team regulars such as Ken McGrath, Eoin Kelly and Eoin Murphy succumed to a youthful Clare team on a scoreline of...

RTE Sport
11 20 June 2009 Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium, located in Thurles, North Tipperary, Ireland, is the home of hurling for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. It is the second largest stadium in Ireland with a capacity of 53,500....

, Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...

0-0 0-25 : 0-17 Munster Semi-Final Replay
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2009
-Munster Senior Hurling Championship:---------------------Qualifiers:-------------------------Relegation play-offs:----...

RTE Sport
12 12 July 2009 Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium, located in Thurles, North Tipperary, Ireland, is the home of hurling for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. It is the second largest stadium in Ireland with a capacity of 53,500....

, Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

Tipperary
Tipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...

0-0 2-16 : 4-14 Munster Final
2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 12 July 2009 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary between Tipperary and Waterford. Tipperary claimed their third Munster Championship of the decade, beating Waterford on a scoreline of 4-14 to 2-16, a 4 point...

RTE Sport
13 26 July 2009 Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium, located in Thurles, North Tipperary, Ireland, is the home of hurling for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. It is the second largest stadium in Ireland with a capacity of 53,500....

, Thurles
Thurles
Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

Galway
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

0-0 1-16 : 0-18 All-Ireland Quarter-final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2009
-Munster Senior Hurling Championship:---------------------Qualifiers:-------------------------Relegation play-offs:----...

RTE Sport
14 9 August 2009 Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Dublin
Kilkenny
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

0-0 3-15 : 2-23 All-Ireland Semi-final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2009
-Munster Senior Hurling Championship:---------------------Qualifiers:-------------------------Relegation play-offs:----...

RTE Sport

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