Shane Cooke is a Dublin-born Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 player who played for Laois

Laois 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:...

 under the parentage rule.

At club level, Shane usually lined out in attack with St Marys (Saggart)

St Marys (Saggart)

St Marys is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Saggart, County Dublin, Ireland. Marys have won the Dublin Senior Football Championship on one occasion in 1921. Since then they had been relegated to the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship and regained their senior status in 1976 and...

. He captained St Marys in 2004 to a league title and also won a senior hurling championship with Commercials hurling club(Rathcoole)2004.

In April 2001, he made his Laois debut in a NFL

National Football League (Ireland)

The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The prize for the winning team is the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company...

 tie with Sligo but after appearing against Wexford and Derry in the championship later that year he then disappeared off the intercounty scene for two seasons. He returned to training in 2004 under Mick O'Dwyer

Mick O'Dwyer

Mick O'Dwyer , is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played Gaelic football with his local club Waterville and was a member of the Kerry senior team from 1956 until 1974...

and continued in National league and Championship until 2006

Shane opted off the Laois squad for 2007 due to family commitments
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