Darren Rooney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Darren Ó Ruanaidh | ||
| Football Position: | Right half back | ||
| Hurling Position: | Centre back | ||
| Born | Portlaoise, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Clonaslee–St Manman's Parnells | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2005- 2008-2012 |
Laois hurlers Laois footballers | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Leinster Titles | 1 | ||
| League titles | 2 | ||
Darren Rooney is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler from County Laois. His dual status makes him most unusual in the modern GAA.
He currently plays for the Parnells club in Dublin. He usually plays at right half back or full back art senior level for the Laois county team and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946. Rooney was a member of the Laois minor team that retained the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1997.
Honours
[edit]- Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 2003
- National Hurling League Division 2 (2): 2002, 2007
- All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship (1): 2002
- Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
External links
[edit]- The Times interview[dead link]
- "In Brief: Rooney new Laois football captain". Irish Independent. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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