{{Short description|Sligo Gaelic football goalkeeper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2022}} {{Distinguish|Aidan Devane}} {{Infobox GAA player | name = Aidan Devaney | image = | alt = | caption = | <!-- Personal information --> | irish = | sport = Gaelic football | clposition = | icposition = Goalkeeper | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | <!-- Club(s) --> | clyears = | clubs = Calry-St Joseph's | clapps(points) = | <!-- Club titles --> | code = Football | county = | clcounty = | province = | clprovince = | clallireland = | <!-- Colleges(s) --> | colyears = | colleges = | colapps(points) = | <!-- College titles --> | fitz = | sig = | <!-- Inter-county(ies) --> | icyears = | counties = Sligo | icapps(points) = | <!-- Inter-county titles --> | icprovince = | icconnacht = | iculster = | icleinster = | icmunster = | icallireland = | nfl = | nhl = | allstars = | <!-- Last updated --> | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Aidan Devaney''' is a Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Calry-St Joseph's and at senior level for the Sligo county team.
Devaney helped Sligo past Leitrim and into Croke Park in the 2022 Tailteann Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/323760|title=Goalkeeper Devaney the hero as Sligo secure dramatic penalty shootout win|work=Hogan Stand|date=5 June 2022}}</ref> He made two saves against London at Markievicz Park in an earlier game (one of which was a penalty) when extra time was needed for Sligo to advance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0528/1301725-egans-extra-time-strike-helps-sligo-survive-london/|title=Egan's extra-time strike helps Sligo survive London|publisher=RTÉ|first=Liam|last=Maloney|date=28 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/323655|title=Sligo's blushes saved as they survive almighty London scare after extra time|work=Hogan Stand|date=28 May 2022}}</ref>
In October, Devaney was named on Tailteann Cup Team of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/1020/1330333-westmeath-lead-tailteann-team-selection/|title=Westmeath secure six places in Tailteann team selection|publisher=RTÉ|date=20 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/sport/61874-three-sligo-players-included-in-first-ever-tailteann-cup-team-of-the-year|title=Three Sligo players included in first ever Tailteann Cup Team of the Year|date=20 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport/gaa/sligos-aidan-devaney-evan-lyons-and-sean-carrabine-on-tailteann-cup-team-of-the-year-42084520.html|title=Sligo's Aidan Devaney, Evan Lyons and Seán Carrabine on Tailteann Cup team of the year|website=Independent.ie|first=Emma|last=Gallagher|date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Individual * Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{2022 Tailteann Cup Team of the Year}}
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