JP Rooney
Irish Gaelic footballer (born 1979)
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J P Rooney (John Paul) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Monasterboice in County Louth, Ireland, who played with and his local club side Naomh Máirtín and the Louth senior team.[2] He also represented his province in the 2002 Railway Cup.
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| Born | 27 August 1979[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He received the Drogheda Independent/Drogheda Concentrates Sportstar of the Year Award for 2000.[3]
Rooney lined out at left corner-forward on the Louth team that played in the final of the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship. He contributed 1-1 as the Wee County lost in controversial circumstances to Meath.[4] His inter-county career came to an end in 2012, having played in 38 Championship games for Louth.
In 2020 at the age of 40, Rooney appeared as a substitute for Naomh Máirtín in the Louth Senior Football Championship final, helping his club win the Joe Ward Cup for the first time in its history.[5] He won a second county championship medal a year later, as Naomh Máirtín retained their title by beating opponents St Mochta's.[6]
Honours
- County
- National Football League Division 2 (2): 1999-2000, 2006
- Railway Cup (1) : 2002[7]
- 2006 Tommy Murphy Cup (1): 2006[8]
- O'Byrne Cup (1): 2009[9]
- National Football League Division 3 (1): 2011[10]
- Club
- Louth Senior Football Championship (2): 2020, 2021
- Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (2) 2017,[11] 2019[12]
- Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2006[13]
- Paddy Sheelan Shield (1): 2012[14]