Born in
Killarney,
County Kerry, Kealy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the
2010 National Football League. Kealy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won three
Munster medals on the field of play. He has been an
All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. Kealy was a member of the
Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions; however, he never won a
Railway Cup medal. At club level he plays with
Kilcummin. Throughout his career Kealy made 28 championship appearances for Kerry.
Peter Keane brought Kealy in as goalkeeping coach of the Kerry senior team late in his tenure, while Keane's successor as manager
Jack O'Connor (who had used Kealy as goalkeeping coach of the under-20 team) retained Kealy, so Kealy was there when the team won the
2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. ==Honours==