Dessie Finnegan

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
	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]

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]

References

1. "Official Opening of Trim GAA Grounds". Hogan Stand. 7 May 2013.
2. "Ref's rush of blood robs Louth". Drogheda Independent. 14 July 2010.
3. "American bossed on own soil by ace Reds". Irish Independent. 25 October 2006.
4. "Supersub Hynes late Pat's hero". Irish Independent. 22 September 2003.
5. "Patrick's hold on". Irish Times. 20 September 2004.
6. "White's penalty the difference in Louth showpiece". Irish Independent. 24 September 2007.
7. "Louth SFC final: Keenan proves the difference for Pat's". Hogan Stand. 31 October 2011.
8. "St Patrick's retain title with commanding performance". Irish Times. 8 October 2012.
9. "O'Connor helps St Pat's over the line". Irish Examiner. 29 September 2014.
10. "There were five county champions crowned across the country today". the42.ie. 4 October 2015.
11. "St. Pats great night of celebration". The Argus. 14 April 2000.
12. "Famous double ends St Pats perfect season". Drogheda Independent. 12 December 2003.
13. "ugly end to season as Pats have the final say". Drogheda Independent. 2 December 2009.
14. "Paddy leads Pats to double delight". Drogheda Independent. 12 December 2012.
15. "Cardinal O'Donnell final: Pat's retain title in style". Hogan Stand. 3 November 2013.
16. "Pat's complete double to bring bittersweet season to an end". Dundalk Democrat. 25 November 2014.
17. "Silver lining for Pats in disappointing final". The Argus. 13 July 2011.
18. "Kilkerley parish district history-2001". Willie Quigley.
19. "Valley Rangers edge". The Argus. 20 September 2002.
20. "Rangers". The Argus. 18 October 2002.