Dessie Finnegan is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

player who played for the

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inter-county team and St Patrick's GFC of

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. He won a National Football League Division 3 medal in 2011. His older brother

Ray Finnegan Ray Finnegan is a Gaelic footballer for Louth. He plays Gaelic football with his local club St Patrick's Lordship, when he lifted the Joe Ward Cup for the sixth time in 2014 as captain. He was a member of the Louth senior football team since 2 ...

was also a member of the

Louth senior football team The Louth county football team represents Louth in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae an Lú) or Louth GAA is one o ...

. He is played in the full-back position, and was a member of the Louth team that contested the Leinster trophy in 2010.

Honours

Tommy Murphy Cup The Tommy Murphy Cup was a Gaelic football competition, featuring senior county teams eliminated from the early stages of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and also Kilkenny when not fielding a team in the main All-Ireland. The series ...

(1):

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* National Football League, Division 2 (1): 2006 * National Football League, Division 3 (1):

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Louth Senior Football Championship The Louth Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Louth GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster S ...

(6): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 *

Cardinal O'Donnell Cup The Cardinal O'Donnell Cup is an annual senior league competition organised by Louth GAA for the Division 1 teams in Gaelic football in County Louth. Format All 12 teams play each other once, with the top four traditionally qualifying for the se ...

(4): *Sheelan Cup (1):

References

1984 births Living people Irish plumbers Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers St Patrick's Lordship Gaelic footballers {{Louth-gaelic-football-bio-stub