JP Rooney

J P Rooney, whose full name is John Paul, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Monasterboice in County Louth, Ireland, who played with his local club side Naomh Máirtín and the Louth senior team. He also represented his province in the 2002 Railway Cup and received the Drogheda Independent Sportstar of the Year Award for 2000. He lined out at left corner-forward on the Louth team that played in the final of the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship, contributing 1-1 as Louth 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, he appeared as a substitute for Naomh Máirtín in the Louth Senior Football Championship final.