| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Caoimhín Ó Cainte | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Innishannon, County Cork | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Valley Rovers | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2008- | Cork | 1 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All Irelands | 0 | ||
Kevin Canty (born 1986 in Innishannon, County Cork) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local Valley Rovers club and is a member of the Cork senior inter-county team.
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Canty plays his club hurling with his local Valley Rovers club.[1]
Canty first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team in the early 2000s. He captured a Munster title in this grade in 2004, however, Cork were later defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. Canty later progressed onto the county’s under-21 hurling panel and enjoyed more success. He captured a Munster title at this level in 2005, however, Cork later exited the championship following the All-Ireland semi-final. Two years late rin 2007 Canty captured a second Munster under-21 medal. He later played in his first All-Ireland final; however, Galway defeated ‘the Rebels’ on that occasion.
The 2008 National Hurling League saw Canty’s hurling performances impress the manager and the selectors. Because of this he earned his first start in the senior championship in the 2008 Munster semi-final against Tipperary. Cork lost that game and Canty failed to register a single score. Canty was immediately dropped from the squad after the defeat.
In 2011 Canty resurrected his inter county career with London when on the 04th June during the Nicky Rackard final versus Louth, London manager Eamon Phealan gave Canty who started on the bench due to disciplinary reasons the curly finger to join the proceedings, Phealan then proceeded to give Henry Vaughan the curly finger for the tenth time that year to come off in place of Canty. Before going on Canty got the team mascot Daniel O Brien to send a message up to the London goalkeeper Aidan 'The Sow' Ryan ‘to not bother with them short puckouts and hit the ball long down to me, I’ll catch em boy’. Ryan done as he was told and Canty proceeded to catch ball after ball out of the sky with what he refers to as his ‘baseball glove’(his left hand). GAA legend John Reddan later commented that ‘Canty would catch swallows flying out of a paddock’. Canty went onto score 5 points as London won a titanic battle earning Canty a coveted Nicky Rackard medal. Back in London the following day, thousands lined the streets and Canty was hailed as a local hero. But never one to overdo the celebrations Canty was in work on the building sites of London early the following morning.
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