Dessie Finnegan

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Dessie Finnegan
Personal information
Irish name Deasún Ó Fionnagáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Back
Born Drogheda, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Plumber
Club(s)
YearsClub
2001-
St Patrick's Lordship
Club titles
Louth titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2006-
Louth
Inter-county titles
NFL 2

Dessie Finnegan is a Gaelic football player who played for the Louth inter-county team and St Patrick's GFC of Lordship, County Louth. He won a National Football League Division 3 medal in 2011. His older brother Ray Finnegan was also a member of the Louth senior football team. [1]

He is played in the full-back position,[ citation needed ] and was a member of the Louth team that contested the Leinster trophy in 2010. [2]

Honours

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References

  1. "Louth lift burden of history". Irish Independent. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. "Louth 1-10 Meath 1-12". RTÉ Sport. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.