[1] Kenefick was part of a group of boys who, in 1939, founded a new club, Gerald Griffins, with the help of John Lyons and Jimmy Lynam from the North Monastery.
Kenefick had further successes in 1940 when William Griffins retained their hurling league title as well as claiming the newly-established football championship.
He won a Munster MHC medal that year before later lining out at centre-forward in Cork's 5-02 to 2-02 defeat of Kilkenny in the 1941 All-Ireland minor final.
[4] With the All-Ireland MHC suspended due to the Emergency in 1942, the 17-year-old Kenefick was suggested as a possibility for Cork's senior team.
The success of St Finbarr's at club level meant that the captaincy of Cork's senior team passed to Kenefick in 1943.
After claiming a second successive Munster SHC title, he later captained Cork to a 5-16 to 0-04 victory over Antrim in the 1943 All-Ireland final.
[13] Kenefick was a selector in 1977 when St Finbarr's beat Glen Rovers in front of a record final attendance to claim the Cork SHC title once again.
His father, Dan Kenefick, played with the St Mary's club and was on the Cork team beaten by Kilkenny in the 1912 All-Ireland final.
Kenefick later embarked on a teaching career and, after spending two years training in Gorey, he took up a position as a woodwork teacher in County Mayo in 1961.
His son, Niall Kenefick, was an All-Ireland Club SHC-winner with St Finbarr's and also won a National Hurling League medal with Cork.