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
St Patrick's
Club titles
Louth titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2006-2015
Louth
Inter-county titles
NFL 2

Dessie Finnegan (born 1984) is a retired Gaelic footballer who played for the Louth inter-county team and his local club St Patrick's of Lordship.

He manned the full-back berth [1] on the Louth team that contested the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final. His older brother Ray Finnegan played alongside him in defence as Louth were beaten in controversial circumstances. [2]

Honours

County


Club

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