| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
27 August 1979 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. He also represented his province in the 2002 Railway Cup.
He received the Drogheda Independent/Drogheda Concentrates Sportstar of the Year Award for 2000.
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.
Honours
- County
- National Football League Division 2 (2): 1999-2000, 2006
- Railway Cup (1) : 2002
- 2006 Tommy Murphy Cup (1): 2006
- O'Byrne Cup (1): 2009
- National Football League Division 3 (1): 2011
- Club
- Louth Senior Football Championship (2): 2020, 2021
- Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (2) 2017, 2019
- Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2006
- Paddy Sheelan Shield (1): 2012
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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.