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Dessie Finnegan

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Dessie Finnegan, born in 1984, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club St Patrick's of Lordship and for the Louth county team. He manned the full back berth on the Louth team that contested the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship final, where his older brother Ray Finnegan played alongside him in defence and Louth were beaten in controversial circumstances. His listed county honours include the National Football League Division 2 and the Tommy Murphy Cup in 2006, the O'Byrne Cup in 2009 and the National Football League Division 3 in 2011. With his club he won the Louth Senior Football Championship seven times between 2003 and 2015, along with the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup and underage county titles.

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1984 1
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    Dessie Finnegan (born 1984)
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    His older brother Ray Finnegan played alongside him in defence
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    Louth Senior Football Championship (7): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
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