Gene Desmond

Irish retired Gaelic footballer

Gene Desmond
Personal information
Irish name	Eoghan Ó Deasúnaigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-back
Born	1956 Togher, Cork, Ireland
Nickname	Gene
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St Finbarr's
Club titles
Cork titles	4
Munster titles	3
All-Ireland Titles	2
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1977-1978	Cork	2 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:53, 30 June 2017.

Eugene "Gene" Desmond (born 1956) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team lasted for the 1977-78 season.

Born in Cork, Desmond first played for the St Finbarr's club at juvenile and underage levels before joining the senior team. In a club career that lasted over a decade, he won two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and four county senior championship medals.

Desmond made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Cork minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland medal as captain in 1974.^[1] Desmond subsequently joined the Cork under-21; however, his three seasons on that team ended without success. By this stage he had joined the Cork senior team and made his debut during the 1978 championship.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

St Finbarr's

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (2): 1980, 1981
Munster Senior Club Football Championship (3): 1979, 1980, 1982
Cork Senior Football Championship (4): 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985

Cork

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1974
Munster Minor Football Championship (2): 1973, 1974

References

^ "Minors looking for tenth All-Ireland". The Corkman. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

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Achievements
Preceded by Dessie McKenna	All-Ireland Minor Football Final winning captain 1974	Succeeded by Robert Bunyan

St Finbarr's – 1980 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions (1st title)

1 B. O'Brien
2 D. O'Grady
3 G. Desmond
4 N. Aherne
5 D. Brosnan
6 M. Lynch
7 M. Carey
8 C. Ryan
9 D. Philpott
10 F. Twomey
11 R. Kenny
12 F. O'Mahony
13 J. Barry-Murphy
14 J. Allen
15 J. O'Callaghan

Subs used: D. Barry for D. Philpott

Coach: P. Lougheed

v t e St Finbarr's – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions (2nd title)
1 B. O'Brien (c) 2 J. Cremin 3 M. Healy 4 G. Desmond 5 M. Carey 6 C. Ryan 7 D. O'Grady 8 T. Holland 9 M. Lynch 10 D. Barry 11 R. Kenny 12 F. O'Mahony 13 J. Barry-Murphy 14 J. Allen 15 J. O'Callaghan Sub used J. Barry for T. Holland Coach P. Lougheed

v t e Cork – 1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (6th title)
1 F. Delaney 2 L. Lynch 3 J. Slattery 4 G. Desmond (c) 5 B. Twomey 6 J. Crowley 7 T. Cashman 8 D. Good 9 R. Kenny 10 D. Murphy 11 Diarmuid McCarthy 12 Don McCarthy 13 G. O'Sullivan 14 M. O'Regan 15 T. Murphy Subs used 17 M. Carey for J. Crowley 20 D. MacCurtain for Don McCarthy 18 W. O'Driscoll for R. Kenny Subs not used 16 P. O'Sullivan 19 L. Holland 21 M. Mullins 22 P. Ward Selectors B. Barrett T. Barrett T. O'Sullivan D. O'Sullivan O. McAuliffe

Cork – 1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (6th title)