Dessie Finnegan

Irish Gaelic footballer

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)
Years	Club
2001-	St Patrick's Lordship
Club titles
Louth titles	7
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2006-	Louth
Inter-county titles
NFL	2

Dessie Finnegan is a Gaelic football player who played for the Louth inter-county team and St Patrick's GFC of Lordship, County Louth. He won a National Football League Division 3 medal in 2011. His older brother Ray Finnegan was also a member of the Louth senior football team.^[1]

He is played in the full-back position,^{[citation needed]} and was a member of the Louth team that contested the Leinster trophy in 2010.^[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, 2015
Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (4):
Sheelan Cup (1):

References

^ "Louth lift burden of history". Irish Independent. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
^ "Louth 1-10 Meath 1-12". RTÉ Sport. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

Louth squads
v t e Louth – 2009 O'Byrne Cup Winners
1 S. Reynolds 2 J. O'Brien 3 D. Finnegan 4 B. McArdle 5 P. Rath 6 M. Fanning 7 G. Hoey 8 R. Carroll 9 B. White 10 A. Reid 11 S. Lennon (c) 12 D. Reid 13 JP Rooney 14 D. Crilly 15 D. Clarke Subs used P. Smith A. Hoey D. Maguire K. Rogers Manager E. McEneaney

v t e Louth – 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship finalists
1 N. Gallagher 2 E. McAuley 3 D. Finnegan 4 R. Greene 5 R. Finnegan 6 J. O'Brien 7 M. Fanning 8 P. Keenan (c) 9 B. White 10 A. McDonnell 11 M. Brennan 12 A. Reid 13 C. Judge 14 S. Lennon 15 JP Rooney Subs used S. Fitzpatrick A. Hoey P. Smith D. Byrne Manager P. Fitzpatrick

v t e Louth – 2011 National Football League Division Three Champions
1 S. Connor 2 E. McAuley 3 A. Hoey 4 G. Hoey 5 R. Finnegan 6 D. Finnegan 7 L. Shevlin 8 P. Keenan (c) 9 B. Donnelly 10 D. Crilly 11 M. Brennan 12 A. McDonnell 13 P. Smith 14 R. Carroll 15 A. Reid Subs used J. Carr D. Maguire S. Fitzpatrick JP Rooney Manager P. Fitzpatrick