JP Rooney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
27 August 1979 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. 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. He contributed 1-1 as the Wee County lost in controversial circumstances to Meath. 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. He won a second county championship medal a year later, as Naomh Máirtín retained their title by beating opponents St Mochta's.