Clarke attended Street Brigid"s High School, moving to Saint Patrick"s Grammar School, Armagh where he was on the team that won the Ulster Colleges Championship, the MacRory Cup in 2000. His teammates included Sean Cavanagh, Peter Quigley and Brian Mullen.
1 MacRory Cup 2000.
His club football career has been with city"s Pearse Óg Global Assembly Cache. Ross Carr, the current Down manager, said: " have the best forward in the country in Rónán Clarke". Inter-county Clarke was called up to the senior panel at a young age and made his inter-county debut against Antrim in 2002. He made his Championship debut in May 2002.
He scored in seven out of "s eight Championship games that year and contributed three points in the AllFinal.
Foreign his performances he was named 2002 Young Football player of the Year. In 2003 once again reached the Allfinal, but were defeated by neighbours Tyrone.
lieutenant was the second time he had been selected on the Ulster All-Stars team He was also named in the 2006 Grade Point Average Team of the Year and nominated for Grade Point Average Football player of the Year.
Clarke missed the 2007 season due to a cruciate ligament injury suffered in the 2006 season.
Club International Rules Clarke has in the past represented in the International Rules Series. School 3 Minor Football Championship 1998 1999 2000 1 Senior Football Championship 2009 1 Under-21 Football Championship 2001 2 Gaelic Athletic Association Grade Point Average All Stars 2006 2008 School.
Armagh 5 Ulster Senior Football Championship 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 1 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2002 1 National Football League Division 1 2005 Pearse ÓG 3 Armagh Minor Football Championship 1998 1999 2000 1 Ulster Minor Club Football Championship 2000 1 Armagh Senior Football Championship 2009 1 Armagh Under-21 Football Championship 2001 Awards 3 Irish News Ulster All-Star 2005 2006 2008 2 Gaelic Athletic Association Grade Point Average All Stars Awards 2006 2008 1 All Star Young Football player of the Year 2002 1 Irish News Football player of the Year 2006 Ireland 1 International Rules 2008.
Quotations: "Armagh have the best forward in the country in Rónán Clarke".
