Kenny was captain of the Home Farm schoolboys team that got into the Guinness Book of Records for going six seasons without a defeat. A
Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team international after three seasons at
Liverpool he came home to play three seasons in the
Irish League with
Bangor and
Glenavon He made his
League of Ireland debut for
Shamrock Rovers at Finn Harps on 12 October 1996. A week later he scored on his full debut against Bohs in a 3–2 victory in Tolka Park. He scored a memorable free kick against
Celtic in July 1998. Kenny left Rovers before the
2005 League of Ireland season. His last League of Ireland game was at
Tolka Park in November 2005 as Rovers were relegated for the first time in their history. A tremendous free kick taker, Marc's connections to Rovers went back much further as older brother
Harry Kenny spent 13 seasons at the club. Another brother, Dave, a free scoring left footed winger who played his football with Railway Union FC & Ashtown Villa FC in the Leinster Senior League. Marc now coaches
St. Mochta's in the
Leinster Senior League (soccer). Kenny played in the
1990 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualifiers and the
1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualifiers. His first European game was for
Bangor against
APOEL in the
1993-94 European Cup Winners' Cup. His free kick led to Bangor's opener. In the second leg his corner led to
Mark Glendinning's finish in Cyprus. He was the only Glenavon player carded in the clash at
Werder Bremen in the
1995-96 UEFA Cup. For Rovers his free kick led to
Derek Tracey's goal at
Altayspor in the
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the home leg he was sent off. ==References==