Joe Joe Rouine
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Joe Joe Rouine (born 1965/1966) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clare county team at various grades, as well as for several clubs, including Ennistymon.[1][2] He was a centre half-back.[2]
The first team Rouine played for was St Brigid's in Ennistymon.[2] He then played for the Moy club in the Clare Junior Football Championship, and then with Milltown Malbay.[2] There he was influenced by Noel Walsh, and won the 1985 and 1990 Clare Senior Football Championship titles, before losing the final of the 1991 championship.[2] In early 1993 Rouine returned to Ennistymon.[2]
Rouine spent two years playing for the Clare minor team.[2] He then featured for the under-21 team, including in the final of the 1988 Munster Under-21 Football Championship.[2] He made his first senior inter-county appearance for Clare at the age of 21 in an away National Football League fixture against Wicklow in 1987.[2] While playing with Clare, Rouine won an All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship title in 1991 and a Munster Senior Football Championship medal in 1992.[2][3]
Rouine also spent time as a member of the Clare junior team.[2] He won an All-Ireland title with Athenry Agricultural College.[2]
Rouine's younger brother Brendan also played for Clare.[2] The Rouines are natives of Rineen, close to Ennistymon.[2] Rouine went to school in Lahinch.[2] As of 1993, he was involved with the Defence Forces in Lahinch.[2] He married a woman from Kilfenora.[2] His father John Joe played the same sport.[2]
