JP Rooney explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic Football
JP Rooney
Fullname:John Paul Rooney
Age:38
Birth Place:Louth
Birth Date:27 August 1979
Feet:5
Inches:10
County:Louth
Province:Leinster
Club:Naomh Máirtín
Clyears:1997-2020
Clapps(Points):57
Club League:division 1-b, 2006 club championship=clcounty =
Counties:Louth
Icposition:Full Forward
Icyears:1999-2012
Icapps(Points):15-74
Icprovince:0
Icallireland:0
Nfl:0
Allstars:0

J P Rooney (John Paul) is a Gaelic footballer from County Louth, Ireland. He plays with the Louth and Naomh Máirtín 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 Máirtín'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 Máirtín. He has taken up a role as an underage coach for Louth GAA where he coaches teams under the age of 18.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louth's JP is back!. Hoganstand.com. 2007-02-08. 2010-07-15.
  2. Web site: Rooney relief. Hoganstand.com. 2010-07-08. 2010-07-15.
  3. Web site: Rooney has no sympathy for ref. Hoganstand.com. 2010-07-13. 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..