Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Calry-St Joseph's | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
Sligo |
Aidan Devaney is a Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Calry-St Joseph's and at senior level for the Sligo county team.
Devaney helped Sligo past Leitrim and into Croke Park in the 2022 Tailteann Cup. [1] He made two saves against London at Markievicz Park in an earlier game (one of which was a penalty) when extra time was needed for Sligo to advance. [2] [3]
In October, Devaney was named on Tailteann Cup Team of the Year. [4] [5] [6]
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