Darren Rooney
Irish hurler and gaelic footballer
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| Places | Ireland | |
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Biography
Darren Rooney is a gaelic football and hurling player from Laois in Ireland. 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 for the Laois senior football 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
- Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 2003
- National Hurling League Division 2 (2): 2002, 2007