FINN HARPS have signed former Ireland youth international Dara McGuinness.
Westmeath native McGuinness, 20, joins having spent the past two-and-a-half years with Stoke City.
Finn Harps have signed former Ireland youth international Dara McGuinness[/caption]
The striker got his first taste of senior football in the Leinster Senior Cup for St Pat’s in 2019 and featured twice for Shamrock Rovers II in the First Division the following season.
But the disbandment of their second string saw his first-team opportunities dry up before a move to Stoke City in the summer of 2022.
McGuinness – capped by Ireland up to under-18 level – had a short loan spell with Leek Town in September but will now look to kickstart his career at Harps.
Harps boss Darren Murphy said: “He is a really exciting talent having come through the ranks at St Pat’s and Shamrock Rovers before then entering the Stoke City academy system.
“And from speaking with him he is very keen to get in now and hit the ground running at Finn Park.
“He gives us that added quality in that area of the pitch, and fits the mould of the kind of player me and my staff are looking to bring into the football club.”
