J P Rooney (John Paul) is a retired Gaelic footballer from Monasterboice in County Louth, Ireland.
He played with the Louth senior football team and his local club side Naomh Máirtín.
[2] He also represented his province in the 2002 Railway Cup.
He received the Drogheda Independent/Drogheda Concentrates Sportstar of the Year Award for 2000.
[3] Rooney lined out at left corner-forward on the Louth team that played in the final of the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship, but lost in controversial circumstances to Meath.