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{{Infobox GAA player
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| irish =Pádraig Ó Ruadh
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| sport=Gaelic football
| code=Football
| county=Laois
| province=Leinster
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| club=The Heath
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| clubs=[[The Heath GAA|The Heath]]
| counties=Laois
| icposition=Defence/Midfield
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'''Pat Roe''' is a former [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] and player. He played at senior level for the [[Laois county football team|Laois county team]] and later managed three county teams: [[Carlow county football team|Carlow]], [[Wexford county football team|Wexford]] and [[Offaly county football team|Offaly]].

==Playing career==
Roe played for the [[Laois senior football team]] from the mid-1980s until the 1990s primarily as a defender but also in midfield.{{fact|date=October 2023}}

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]].

He began his club football career with [[Portlaoise GAA|Portlaoise]] with whom he won minor and under 21 honours but it with his second club The Heath that Roe played a starring role in 1993 when they won the [[Laois Senior Football Championship]] title. The previous year he picked up a [[Laois Senior Hurling Championship]] medal with his hurling club, [[Clonad]].

==Managerial career==
A PE and English teacher at St Fergal's College in [[Rathdowney]], Roe began his managerial career in [[The Heath GAA|The Heath]] in 1991 while still playing. [[Crettyard Gaelic Athletic Association|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 county football team|Carlow]] (2001–2002), [[Wexford county football team|Wexford]] (2003–2005) and [[Offaly county football team|Offaly]] (2007–2008).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.offalyexpress.ie/sport/roe_confident_hard_work_has_been_done_1_2009070|title=Roe confident hard work has been done|date=3 June 2008|work=Offaly Express|accessdate=29 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014003639/http://www.offalyexpress.ie/sport/roe_confident_hard_work_has_been_done_1_2009070|archivedate=14 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2006/1003/209774-roe/|title=Roe will lead Offaly forward|publisher=RTÉ|date=3 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/98527|title=Roe steps down in Offaly|work=Hogan Stand|date=21 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2008/0721/234998-offaly/|title=Offaly manager Roe steps down|publisher=RTÉ|date=21 July 2008}}</ref>

While he was Wexford manager a request for payment attributed to Roe appeared in the minutes of a Wexford County Board meeting. Roe, it was alleged in the minutes, had asked for a €5,000 bonus if Wexford won its [[2005 National Football League (Ireland)|2005 National Football League]] final against [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]], whilst €3,000 would suffice in the event of a loss.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/wexford-play-down-roe-bonus-25981855.html|title=Wexford play down Roe 'bonus'|work=Irish Independent|first=Colm|last=Keys|date=24 June 2005}}</ref>

Roe resigned as Wexford manager when the team's 2005 campaign ended and later said that he had lost his appetite for management due to "pressure increases". Roe stated: "I don't know how the likes of [[Mick O'Dwyer]] and [[Seán Boylan]] do it year after year, but I just couldn't".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/49114|title=Roe losses his appetite|work=Hogan Stand|date=21 July 2005}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622095948/http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2000/08/18/story9011.asp ''Laois Nationalist'' article]

{{Laois Football Team 1993}}
{{Wexford county football team managers}}
{{Offaly county football team managers}}

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