Dessie Finnegan
Dessie Finnegan is a Gaelic football player for Louth & St Patrick's, Lordship. He won a National Football League Division 3 medal in 2011. His older brother Ray was also a member of the Louth senior football team.[1]
| 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) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2001- | St Patrick's Lordship | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Louth titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2006- | Louth | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NFL | 2 | ||
He is probably one of Louth's best Full Backs. He was a member of the Louth team who nearly lifted the Leinster trophy in 2010 for the first time in 53 years.[2]
Honours
- Tommy Murphy Cup (1): 2006
- National Football League, Division 2 (1): 2006
- National Football League, Division 3 (1): 2011
- Louth Senior Football Championship (6): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014
- Cardinal O'Connels (4):
- Sheelan Cup (1):
References
- "Louth lift burden of history". Irish Independent. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- "Louth 1-10 Meath 1-12". RTÉ Sport. 2010-07-11. Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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