Pat Hughes (Gaelic footballer) explained

Pat Hughes
Irish:Pádraig Ó hAodha
Occupation:Management Consultant
Birth Date:1 October 1991
Birth Place:Sligo, Ireland
Sport:Gaelic Football
Code:Football
County:Sligo
Province:Connacht
Club:Geevagh
Clcounty:1
Counties:Sligo
Icyears:2010–2022
Icposition:Full Forward

Pat Hughes (born 1 October 1991) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Geevagh and, formerly, for the Sligo county team.

Career

He captained the Sligo minor team.[1]

Formerly a teacher, he made his senior inter-county debut in 2010 and continued playing for his county until the end of the 2022 season.[2]

Hughes started his senior championship career by winning the Man of the Match award on his first championship start in New York in May 2012.[3]

From his championship debut in 2012, he had 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.[4]

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.[5]

Hughes represented Connacht Rugby at under-20 level in the 2010 inter-provincial series. Hughes, who lined out at fly half[6] won a Connacht Schools Cup with Sligo Grammar School the same year.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Right here, right now GAA Football - Sligo Weekender Sligo News Sligo Sport. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114153/http://sligoweekender.ie/2012/04/05/featured-37/. 2014-10-06.
  2. News: Sligo's Pat Hughes bids farewell after stellar career for the Yeats men. Independent.ie. Gerry. McLaughlin. 21 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Hughes ready to throw caution to the wind - HoganStand.
  4. Web site: Sligo GAA - Match report on Geevagh Vs St Cronas.
  5. Web site: Jordanstown call in big guns for Sigerson tilt. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130923000913/http://gaeliclife.com/2013/09/jordanstown-call-in-big-guns-for-sigerson-tilt. 2013-09-23.
  6. Web site: Connacht | Page 1 . 2014-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143049/http://domestic.connachtrugby.ie/Connacht/Page-14 . 2014-10-06 .
  7. Web site: Brilliant Butler try proves Sligo's crowning glory . independent . 25 February 2021 . en.