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Adrian Sweeney

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Adrian Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Dungloe and the Donegal county team. Considered one of the finest forwards of his generation, he often played alongside Brendan Devenney for Donegal. He played for Donegal from 1996 to 2008, including a streak of 72 consecutive games between 1996 and 2003, and started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003, in which he scored two points. He won an All Star in 2003, a year in which Donegal reached the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final, where he played and scored four points, and he played a crucial role in the team that won the county's first National League Division 1 title in 2007. He won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship in 1995.

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is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Dungloe and the Donegal county team
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    is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Dungloe and the Donegal county team
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    is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Dungloe and the Donegal county team
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    is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Dungloe and the Donegal county team
  • Competed In: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Lead, championship
    Donegal made it to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final in which he played and scored four points
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