JP Rooney

JP Rooney
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full Forward
Born {27th of August 1979}
Louth
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
1997- Naomh Mairtin 57
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2001-2012 Louth 15-74
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

J P Rooney (John Paul) is a Gaelic footballer from County Louth, Ireland. He plays with the Louth and Naomh Mairtin teams.[1] He was part of the Louth team that played in the final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship[2] in 2010, but were beaten in controversial circumstances by Meath.[3] He helped Louth to win both Tommy Murphy Cup and National League Div 2 tiles in 2006. JP is Naomh Mairtin's most well known player and in 2000 he won the Drogheda Independent/Drogheda Concentrates Sportstar of the Year. He has since retired from playing for Louth GAA but still plays for Naomh Mairtin. He has taken up a role as an underage coach for Louth GAA where he coaches teams under the age of 18.

References

  1. ↑ "Louth's JP is back!". Hoganstand.com. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Rooney relief". Hoganstand.com. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Rooney has no sympathy for ref". Hoganstand.com. 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-08-08. JP Rooney is still raging over referee Martin Sludden's decision to award Meath's controversial winning goal in Sunday's Leinster SFC final.
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