Desmond "Dessie" Sloyan (born 2 February 1976) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Sligo county team spanned ten seasons from 1996 until 2006.[1]
Playing career
Sloyan scored eight points in Sligo's unexpected victory over a Mick O'Dwyer-managed Kildare in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[2]
Managerial career
He has also had a successful managerial career in Gaelic Football, winning a Connacht Junior Club Football Championship in 2018 with his club Easkey [3] and also managing Sligo GAA U20s to their first ever provincial title at that age group when winning the 2022 Connacht Under-20 Football Championship.[4]
He joined the Longford senior football team backroom team when Paddy Christie was appointed manager in August 2022.[5]
As of 2025, he was working with manager Ray Dempsey and head coach and selector Joe Brolly at Mayo's Knockmore GAA club.[6]
Career statistics
| Team | Year | Connacht | All-Ireland | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Sligo | 1997 | 2 | 1-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-03 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 1-00 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-02 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-03 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0-04 | 3 | 1-15 | 4 | 1-19 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 1-06 | 3 | 1-17 | 6 | 2-23 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0-10 | 1 | 0-05 | 3 | 0-15 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0-09 | 1 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-10 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-05 | 4 | 0-05 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| Total | 17 | 3-37 | 12 | 2-43 | 29 | 5-80 | |
References
- ^ a b "Sligo's Dessie Sloyan". Vol. 7, no. 31. Hogan Stand. 1 August 1997.
- ^ "2001 — Remembering first back-door season 20 years on". RTÉ. 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Connacht club JFC final: McKenna the Easkey hero - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Sloyan says it's a joy to work with Sligo U20 players who are the Connacht champions". independent. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Lawlor, Damian (27 August 2022). "Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager". RTÉ.
- ^ Boyle, Donnchadh (29 January 2025). "Joe Brolly appointed as selector and head coach at Mayo GAA club Knockmore". Irish Independent.