JP Rooney

JP Rooney
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full Forward
Born 27 August 1979[1]
Louth
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1997-2020
 Naomh Máirtín
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1999-2012
 Louth 15-74
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

J P Rooney (John Paul) is a retired Gaelic footballer from Monasterboice in County Louth, Ireland. He played with the Louth senior football team and his local club side Naomh Máirtín.[2] He also represented his province in the 2002 Railway Cup.

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, but lost in controversial circumstances to Meath.[4]

Honours

County


Club

References

  1. ^ "Rooney JP". Hogan Stand. 30 June 2000.
  2. ^ "Louth's JP is back!". Hogan Stand. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Rooney named Sportstar of the Year". Drogheda Independent. 9 February 2001.
  4. ^ "Ref's rush of blood robs Louth". Drogheda Independent. 14 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Louth quartet win Railway Cup". The Argus. 8 November 2002.
  6. ^ "McEneaney needs big 70 from Wee county in Murphy final". The Irish Mirror. 26 August 2006.
  7. ^ "Louth examination too tough for college kids". Irish Independent. 26 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Louth have their final breakthrough". Irish Times. 25 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Naomh Mairtin land first Louth SFC title". Irish Examiner. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Magnificent Mairtins power to back-to-back Louth titles". Irish Independent. 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Jocks claim maiden senior honour with extra-time win over Dreadnots". Dundalk Democrat. 14 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Sam's the man for Mairtins". The Argus. 14 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Senior trophy at last for jubilant Mairtins". The Argus. 13 December 2006.
  14. ^ "LOUTH GAA CLUB ROLL OF HONOUR". The Argus. 26 December 2012.