Stephen Rooney (born 1994) is a hurler from

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

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. He plays for Antrim Championship club St. Paul's and at inter-county level with the

Antrim senior hurling team The Antrim county hurling team represents Antrim GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Cha ...

. He usually lines out as a corner-back.

Career

A member of the St. Paul's club in Belfast, Rooney had been a member of the club's junior team for almost a decade when they won the County Junior Championship title in 2020. He made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Antrim minor team that won the Ulster Minor Championship titles in 2011. Rooney made his debut with the

in 2014. Since then he has won two

Joe McDonagh Cup The Joe McDonagh Cup is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It forms the second tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and is the second highest level of inter- ...

titles and two National League Division 2A titles.

Honours

;Tracefirst *Office Bowling Championship 2022 *Escaped Jack the Ripper with 15 seconds to spare: 2023 ;St. Paul's *Antrim Junior Hurling Championship: 2020 ;Antrim *

: Joe McDonagh Cup 2020 and 2022. * National Hurling League Division 2A:

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Ulster Minor Hurling Championship The Ulster Hurling Minor Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1930 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is sponsored b ...

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References

External links

Stephen Rooney profile
at the Antrim GAA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Rooney, Stephen 1994 births Living people Antrim inter-county hurlers Sportspeople from Belfast