Kieran Brennan

Kieran Brennan, born on 20 June 1957 in Jenkinstown, County Kilkenny, is an Irish Army major general and former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with the Irish Defence Forces until mid-2019. He first played hurling at St Kieran's College, joined the Kilkenny minor team at sixteen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1978 championship. A regular in the starting fifteen, he won two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals, five Leinster medals and two National Hurling League medals and was an All-Ireland runner-up once. At club level he won several intermediate and junior championship medals with Conahy Shamrocks, where he later became involved in team management. His brothers Nickey and Canice also had All-Ireland success with Kilkenny, and he made 22 championship appearances before retiring after the 1987 championship.