Pat Hughes (Gaelic footballer)


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

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