Dessie Dolan
Westmeath Gaelic footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dessie Dolan (born 11 July 1979) is an Irish Gaelic football manager who has been manager of the senior Westmeath county team since 2022.
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Deasún Ó Dúláin | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Left corner forward | ||
Born |
(1979-07-11) 11 July 1979 (age 45) Athlone, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Occupation | Teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1997–2019 | Garrycastle | ||
Club titles | |||
Westmeath titles | 8 | ||
Leinster titles | 1 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
NUI Galway | |||
College titles | |||
Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies)** | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1999–2014 | Westmeath | ? (22-551) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 1 | ||
NFL | 3 | ||
All Stars | 1 | ||
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18 November 2014. |
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He played for the Garrycastle club and for the Westmeath county team, as well as international rules football for Ireland. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2004 and was given an All Star at the end of the year. He was his county's highest championship scorer until John Heslin overtook him in the 2022 Tailteann Cup Final (for which Dolan was a selector).[1]