Boston Marathon: Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui, Edna Kiplagat win in 121st running | Sport | The Guardian. Rooney also served as the US ambassador to Ireland from 2009-2012, becoming the first ambassador from the US to visit each of Ireland’s 32 counties. “That will be the interesting point for him,” says Penfold, “will he listen to his body [and team advisers] about recovery, rest, etc, or will he keep raging into the night. context, was shared with the media by an unscrupulous memorabilia dealer and his counsel who for years has been seeking to leverage a big payday.