Patrick 'Pa' Kearney (born 16 November 1987) is an

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sportsman. He plays

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with his local club Ballyduff Upper and has been a member of the

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senior inter-county team since 2007.

Playing career

Club

Kearney plays his club

with Ballyduff Upper. Kearney has had several successes with the club, including winning the

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with the club in 2005 and the

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in 2007.

Inter-county

Kearney first came to Justin McCarthy's attention after an impressive performance at club level. While Kearney joined the panel during the

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in 2007, Kearney did not play his first game for Waterford until the

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. Kearney was part of the Waterford squad which made the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the county's first final since 1963. Unfortunately for Kearney, Waterford ended up losing heavily to

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in the final. Kearney was injured in a car crash in 2009 suffering a spinal injury and will not take part in Waterford's 2010 Hurling Season. All in Waterford GAA wish Kearney a speedy and successful recovery and hope to see him playing hurling for Waterford in the near future.

References

1987 births Living people Ballyduff Upper hurlers Waterford inter-county hurlers {{Waterford-hurling-bio-stub