He played for Fermanagh for more than ten years, but was only on the winning side twice in that period in the championship (both time against Antrim).
[1] When he was studying to be a physical education teacher at St Mary's University College, Belfast, O'Rourke played on the St Mary's team that won the 1989 Sigerson Cup along with people like Jarlath Burns, Pascal Canavan, Seamus Downey, Danny Quinn and Benny Tierney.
[1] He left his club Derrylin in the early 1990s and got a transfer to Errigal Ciarán because he had moved to Ballygawley, County Tyrone, on account of him teaching at St Joseph's, Enniskillen, and his wife teaching in Derrylatinee Eglish, so Ballygawley in South Tyrone worked for the pair of them.
[citation needed] O'Rourke succeeded Charlie Mulgrew as Fermanagh senior manager in October 2007.
[2] His first season featured a first appearance in the Ulster SFC final for 26 years, losing eventually to Armagh in a replay.
[6] He was appointed manager of the men's Senior football team at Watty Graham's GAC, Glen, a club near Maghera in Derry, in October 2020; this was his first job since he left Monaghan in June 2019.