Pat Roe
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Playing career
Roe played for LaoisLaois GAA
The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:...
senior football team from the mid-1980s until the 1990s primarily as a defender but also in midfield. During that period he was widely regarded as one of the top players in the country in his position.
He also played on the county senior hurling team for some time.
In 1982, he was full back on the Laois team that captured the Leinster U21 Football Championship and in 1991, he played on the Laois team beaten by Meath in the final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council and are played during the summer months. The competition involves the counties of...
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He began his club football career with Portlaoise
Portlaoise GAA
% !!!5 TIMES COUNTY CHAMPIONS!!!Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland....
with whom he won minor and under 21 honours but it with his second club The Heath
The Heath
The Heath GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.The club was founded in 1888. Originally the club was known as St. Patrick's...
that Roe played a starring role in 1993 when they won a memorable Laois Senior Football Championship title. The previous year he picked up a Laois Senior Hurling Championship medal with his hurling club, Clonad
Clonad
Clonad GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Ireland which fields teams from Under-10 right up to Senior level. While Clonad GAA club has successfully fielded underage and adult gaelic football teams in the past, football is not played in the club at present...
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Managerial career
A PE and English teacher in St Fergal’s College, RathdowneyRathdowney
Rathdowney or Rathdowny is a town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R435 from Borris-in-Ossory to Johnstown...
, Roe started his management career in The Heath
The Heath
The Heath GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.The club was founded in 1888. Originally the club was known as St. Patrick's...
in 1991 while still playing. Crettyard obtained his services in 1996.
After his senior inter-county playing career ended, Roe continued to play at club level while also having spells as manager with Carlow
Carlow GAA
The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the Carlow inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:...
(2001–2002), Wexford
Wexford GAA
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...
(2003–2005) and Offaly
Offaly GAA
The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly...
(2007–2008).