Darren Rooney

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Darren Rooney
Personal information
Irish name Darren Ó Ruanaidh
Football Position: Right half back
Hurling Position: Centre back
Born Portlaoise, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Clonaslee–St Manman's
Parnells
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2005-
2008-2012
Laois hurlers
Laois footballers
Inter-county titles
 FootballHurling
Leinster Titles 1
League titles 2

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.

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