Jimmy Kennedy (hurler, born 1891)

Jimmy Kennedy, born James Kennedy and living from 16 April 1891 to 13 August 1973, was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team. Raised in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, as one of fourteen children, the son of a victualler, he was educated locally and later worked as a labourer. He first played hurling with the Carrigtwohill club and won a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal in 1918. He appeared for Cork at twenty-one and made his debut during the 1912 championship, and over the following fifteen years won two All-Ireland medals, the first as captain in 1919 and a second as a non-playing substitute in 1926, as well as six Munster medals, finishing a four-time All-Ireland runner-up. He lined out for Cork for the last time in September 1927.