Brendan Hennessy was a dual player from Ballyduff, County Kerry, Ireland.
While in New York Hennessy played hurling with the Kilkenny club, he never won a New York Senior Hurling Championship but played in back to back finals in 1962 and 63.
Before going to New York, Hennessy also played with Kerry and won a Munster Junior Hurling Championship title in 1956 with them.
He went to school in the famous St. Flannan's College in Ennis where he was regarded as one of the best players to have played with the college along with the likes of Anthony Daly, Len Gaynor, Jamsie O'Connor and Tony Reddin to name just a few.
In 2003 he won the Munster Council Hall of Fame Award for hurling.