Pat Hughes (Gaelic footballer)

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Pat Hughes
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó hAodha
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full Forward
Born (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 30)
Sligo, Ireland
Nickname Nickname
Occupation Njdja
Club(s)
Years Club
 Geevagh
Club titles
Sligo titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2012–
 Sligo

Pat Hughes (born 1 October 1991) is a Gaelic football player for Geevagh and Sligo. A former minor captain,[1] Hughes started his senior career by winning the Man of the Match award on his first championship start in New York in May 2012.[2]

Career[]

Since his debut in 2012, he has scored 3-16 in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, as of Sligo's qualifier win against Antrim in June 2017. Hughes plays his club football with Geevagh and was part of their intermediate winning side in 2009.[3]

Hughes won a Trench Cup with St Patrick's College in 2011 and went on to study at Ulster University, where he contested a Sigerson Cup, playing for Jordanstown.[4]

Hughes represented Connacht Rugby at under-20 level in the 2010 inter-provincial series. Hughes, who lined out at fly half[5] won a Connacht Schools Cup with Sligo Grammar School the same year.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Right here, right now GAA Football - Sligo Weekender | Sligo News | Sligo Sport". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Hughes ready to throw caution to the wind - HoganStand".
  3. ^ "Sligo GAA - Match report on Geevagh Vs St Cronas".
  4. ^ "Jordanstown call in big guns for Sigerson tilt". Archived from the original on 23 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Brilliant Butler try proves Sligo's crowning glory". independent. Retrieved 25 February 2021.


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