J P Rooney (John Paul) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Monasterboice in County Louth, Ireland, who played with and his local club side Naomh Máirtín and the Louth senior team. 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.
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
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