Darren Rooney is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler from County Laois. 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 art senior level for the Laois county 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 Senior Football Championship (1): 2003 National Hurling League Division 2 (2): 2002, 2007 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship (1): 2002 Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1997 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
External links The Times interview