Dessie Sloyan

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Dessie Sloyan
Personal information
Irish name Deasún Ó Sluáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-forward
Born (1976-02-02) 2 February 1976 (age 49)
Easkey, County Sligo, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 [1]  in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Easkey
Club titles
Sligo titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1996–2006
 Sligo
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Desmond "Dessie" Sloyan (born 2 February 1976) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Sligo county team spanned ten seasons from 1996 until 2006. [1]

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Playing career

Sloyan scored eight points in Sligo's unexpected victory over a Mick O'Dwyer-managed Kildare in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. [2]

Managerial career

He has also had a successful managerial career in Gaelic Football, winning a Connacht Junior Club Football Championship in 2018 with his club Easkey [3] and also managing Sligo GAA U20s to their first ever provincial title at that age group when winning the 2022 Connacht Under-20 Football Championship. [4]

He joined the Longford senior football team backroom team when Paddy Christie was appointed manager in August 2022. [5]

As of January 2025, he was working with manager Ray Dempsey and head coach and selector Joe Brolly at Mayo's Knockmore GAA club. [6] In July 2025, he was ratified as joint manager of the Sligo senior footballers with Eamonn O'Hara. [7]

Career statistics

TeamYear Connacht All-Ireland Total
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Sligo 199721–300–021–3
199831–000–031–0
199920–200–020–2
200020–300–020–3
200110–431–1541–19
200231–631–1762–23
200320–1010–530–15
200420–910–130–10
200500–040–540–5
200600–000–000–0
Total173–37122–43295–80

References

  1. 1 2 "Sligo's Dessie Sloyan". Vol. 7, no. 31. Hogan Stand. 1 August 1997.
  2. ↑ "2001 — Remembering first back-door season 20 years on". RTÉ. 14 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Connacht club JFC final: McKenna the Easkey hero - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sloyan says it's a joy to work with Sligo U20 players who are the Connacht champions". independent. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Lawlor, Damian (27 August 2022). "Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager". RTÉ.
  6. ↑ Boyle, Donnchadh (29 January 2025). "Joe Brolly appointed as selector and head coach at Mayo GAA club Knockmore". Irish Independent .
  7. ↑ "Dessie Sloyan and Eamonn O'Hara named as Sligo joint-managers". RTÉ. 29 July 2025.
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