Aidan Kearney (hurler)

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Aidan Kearney (born 27 August 1984) is an Irish hurler who plays as a left corner-back for the Waterford senior team.

Kearney joined the team during the 2006 championship and has become a regular member of the starting fifteen over subsequent seasons. Since then he has won one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal. Kearney has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. He was educated at his local primary school and later attended the famous St. Colman's College in Fermoy, County Cork, a virtual nursery for young hurling talent.

Here his hurling skills were first developed and he became a star on the college's various hurling teams. Kearney enjoyed a very successful hurling career, beginning by capturing Two Dean Ryan Cup titles in-a-row in 2000, 2001 . By this stage he was also a star on the St. Colman's senior hurling team. kearney won his first Dr. Harty Cup winners' medal in 2001.[1] He later collected his first All-Ireland colleges' title when St. Colman's defeated Gort Community School in the final of that competition.[2] Kearney captured a second Harty Cup title in 2002 before later lining out in a second All-Ireland colleges' final.[3] ST KIERAN'S provided the opposition .[4] It was his second All-Ireland winners' medal. 2003 saw Kearney win a third consecutive Harty Cup winners' medal.[3] The subsequent All-Ireland final saw St. Colman's take on St. Kieran's, however, victory went to the Kilkenny team on that occasion. Aidan and his Twin brother Paul are the only Twins in the history of the Harty cup Competition to win 3 Harty Cups on the field of Play. They are the only hurlers from Waterford to have achieved winning 3 Harty Cup Titles.

At club level Kearney plays with Tallow.