Darren Rooney is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er and hurler from

County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...

. His dual status makes him most unusual in the modern GAA. He currently plays for the Parnells club in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. 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 The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ...

title for the first time since 1946. Rooney was a member of the Laois minor team that retained the

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under ...

in 1997.

Honours

Leinster Minor Football Championship The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 ...

(1): 1997 *

(1): 2003 * National Hurling League Division 2 (2): 2002, 2007

External links

The Times interview
* 1979 births Living people Clonaslee–St Manmans Gaelic footballers Clonaslee–St Manmans hurlers Dual players Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers Laois inter-county hurlers Parnells Gaelic footballers (Dublin) {{Laois-hurling-bio-stub