(10 August 1744 – 22 May 1813) was an Irish academic and bishop who served as the 23rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1799 to 1806.

[2] Kearney was elected a Scholar of Trinity College Dublin in 1760 and a Fellow in 1764.

He held the Chair of Oratory from 1781 until his appointment as Provost in July 1799.

He was consecrated at Trinity College Chapel on 2 February 1806, by Charles Agar, Archbishop of Dublin, assisted by Charles Lindsay, Bishop of Kildare and Nathaniel Alexander, Bishop of Down and Connor.

[4] That year, Kearney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1806.