Martin McHugh

Martin McHugh

Personal information
Irish name	Máirtín Mac Aodh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre-forward
Born	Kilcar, County Donegal
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nickname	Wee Martin Martín Beag
Club(s)
Years	Club
1980s-1990s	Kilcar
Club Titles
Donegal titles	4
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1980s-1990s	Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	3
All Irelands	1
NFL	0
All Stars	2

Martin McHugh (born 1961 in Kilcar, County Donegal) is a retired Irish sportsperson.

Playing career

He played Gaelic football with his local club Kilcar and was a member of the Donegal senior inter-county team from the 1980s until the 1990s. He was an All Ireland winner with Donegal in 1992. He also won two All-Star Award in 1983, 1992 and was voted 1992 Player of the Year.^[1]

His brother, James McHugh also played in the 1992 All Ireland Final and won an All-Star award in 1992.

Management career

He took over as manager of Cavan in 1996. In 1997, he helped Cavan reclaim the Ulster Senior Football Championship after 28 years. He also managed Sligo IT to the Sigerson Cup success. Martin now works as a G.A.A. pundit for BBC Television and radio^[2] and he writes for The Irish Daily Star newspaper.^[3]

Personal

References

1. ^ "Profile of Martin McHugh". www.hoganstand.com. 1992-08-14. http://google.com/search?q=cache:s35D40Kj5p0J:66.223.111.216/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx%3FID%3D71471+martin+mchugh+donegal&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
2. ^ BBC Profile
3. ^ Donegal Democrat

Persondata
Name	Machugh, Martin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1961
Place of birth	Kilcar
Date of death
Place of death