Desmond "Dessie" Sloyan (born 2 February 1976) is an Irish former

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er. His

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and

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career at senior level with the Sligo county team spanned ten seasons from 1996 until 2006.

Playing career

Sloyan scored eight points in Sligo's unexpected victory over a

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-managed

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in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Managerial career

He has also had a successful managerial career in Gaelic Football, winning a

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in 2018 with his club Easkey and also managing

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U20s to their first ever provincial title at that age group when winning the 2022 Connacht Under-20 Football Championship. He joined the Longford senior football team backroom team when

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was appointed manager in August 2022.

Career statistics

References

1976 births Living people Easkey Gaelic footballers Gaelic football selectors 20th-century Irish farmers Longford county football team Sligo inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Sligo-gaelic-football-bio-stub