Dessie Finnegan
Irish Gaelic footballer
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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.
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| Occupation | Plumber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- National Football League Division 2 (1): 2006
- Tommy Murphy Cup (1): 2006
- National Football League Division 3 (1): 2011
- O'Byrne Cup (1): 2009
- Owen Treacy Cup (1): 2006[3]
- Club
- Louth Senior Football Championship (7): 2003,[4] 2004,[5] 2007,[6] 2011,[7] 2012,[8] 2014,[9] 2015[10]
- Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (6): 1999,[11] 2003,[12] 2009,[13] 2012,[14] 2013,[15] 2014[16]
- Paddy Sheelan Cup (1): 2011[17]
- Louth Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2001[18]
- Louth Minor Football Championship (1): 2002[19]
- Louth Minor Football League (2): 2001[20] 2002,[20]
