Pat Hughes (Gaelic footballer)

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]

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

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.

References
  1. http://sligoweekender.ie/2012/04/05/featured-37/
  2. http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=221088
  3. http://www.sligogaa.ie/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleid=6054
  4. http://gaeliclife.com/2013/09/jordanstown-call-in-big-guns-for-sigerson-tilt/
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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