wing-forward against Cork. For the third time in his career and for the second year in succession he was held scoreless in a final against Cork as Kilkenny suffered a 0–17 to 0–09 defeat. On 2 May 2005, Carey won a fourth National League medal after scoring 1-02 from full-forward in Kilkenny's 3–20 to 0–15 defeat of Clare in the final. On 7 July 2005, he won a 10th Leinster Championship medal, albeit as an unused substitute, following Kilkenny's 0–22 to 1–16 defeat of Wexford in the final. Carey was beck in the starting fifteen at full-forward for Kilkenny's 5–18 to 4–18 defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final on 21 August 2005. It was his last game for Kilkenny. Carey announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 1 June 2006. Leinster Carey was first selected for the Leinster inter-provincial team during the 1991 Railway Cup. He made his first appearance for the team on 10 March 1991 when he scored a goal in Leinster's 1–10 to 2–19 defeat by Munster at the semi-final stage. After being selected for the team again in 1992, Carey scored two points when Leinster suffered a second successive semi-final defeat by Munster. On 15 March 1992, he scored three points when Leinster defeated Connacht by 3–09 to 0–15 in the secondary Railway Shield competition. On 7 November 1993, Carey lined out at full-forward when Leinster faced Ulster in the Railway Cup final. He scored four points from play and collected a winners' medal following the 1–15 to 2–06 victory. For the fourth successive year Carey was included on the Leinster team for the 1994 Railway Cup. On 20 February 1994, he lined out in a second successive final, however, he ended the game on the losing side following a 1–11 to 1–10 defeat by Connacht. On 18 March 1996, Carey was selected at left wing-forward when Leinster qualified to play Munster in the Railway Cup final. He was limited to just a point from a free as Munster won the game by 2–20 to 0–10. After a one-year absence from the team, Carey was again back on the Leinster starting fifteen for the 1998 Railway Cup. He won a second Railway Cup medal on 22 November 1998 when he lined out at right corner-forward in Leinster's 0–16 to 2–09 defeat of Connacht. On 12 November 2000, Carey played in a fifth Railway Cup final.