Personal information | |||
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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) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St Patrick's | |||
Club titles | |||
Louth titles | 7 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
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]
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Paddy Keenan is a Gaelic footballer from County Louth, Ireland. He played for the Louth senior inter-county football team and for his club St Patrick's Lordship.
Ray Finnegan is a retired inter-county Gaelic footballer from Louth. He played club football with his local team St Patrick's. He was a member of the Louth senior football team from 2004 until his retirement in 2013. His younger brother Dessie was a teammate at both club and county level.
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