JP Rooney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born | 27 August 1979[1] County 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. 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]
References
- ^ "Rooney JP". Hogan Stand. 30 June 2000.
- ^ "Louth's JP is back!". Hogan Stand. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "Rooney named Sportstar of the Year". Drogheda Independent. 9 February 2001.
- ^ "Ref's rush of blood robs Louth". Drogheda Independent. 14 July 2010.
- ^ "Naomh Mairtin land first Louth SFC title". Irish Examiner. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Magnificent Mairtins power to back-to-back Louth titles". Irish Independent. 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Louth quartet win Railway Cup". The Argus. 8 November 2002.
- ^ "McEneaney needs big 70 from Wee county in Murphy final". The Irish Mirror. 26 August 2006.
- ^ "Louth examination too tough for college kids". Irish Independent. 26 January 2009.
- ^ "Louth have their final breakthrough". Irish Times. 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Jocks claim maiden senior honour with extra-time win over Dreadnots". Dundalk Democrat. 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Sam's the man for Mairtins". The Argus. 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Senior trophy at last for jubilant Mairtins". The Argus. 13 December 2006.
- ^ "LOUTH GAA CLUB ROLL OF HONOUR". The Argus. 26 December 2012.