Eoin McHugh
Eoin McHugh (born 1994/5) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team. He is the only son of James McHugh, a member of the team that defeated Dublin in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. His uncle Martin was also a member of that team. Playing career. Club. With his club Cill Chartha, McHugh won the 2012 Donegal Minor Football Championship. He scored six points in the final and his use of both feet in executing these scores during a man of the match display was praised in the  press. McHugh won the 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship. It was the first time his club had won the title in 24 years. Inter-county. McHugh was an "experiment" of Jim McGuinness during the 2013 Dr McKenna Cup, with McGuinness giving him his debut in a defeat of St Mary's at MacCumhaill Park. He continued to play for his county at under-age level. He lost three Ulster Under-21 Football Championship finals. Then, at the age of twenty, McGuinness's successor Rory Gallagher called McHugh into the team in 2015. He started Gallagher's first match in charge, a  2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry. Later the same month, McHugh contracted meningitis, was unable to leave his bed on the morning after playing Fermanagh, and his weight went from eleven to nine stone: "That was pretty much the season gone… I tried to play with Donegal U21s, tried to play with the seniors, but I'd lost that much weight it ruined my season, ruled me out", he was later quoted by "The Irish News". In the 2015 National Football League, he was limited to two late substitute appearances against Monaghan and Kerry. He started the fifth  fixture against Kerry at Austin Stack Park and contributed 0–4. Donegal qualified for the NFL semi-final. McHugh started this game but was substituted in the second half. McHugh, having overcome his meningitis, was more involved with his county team in the 2016 season; he started the first four games of the 2016 National Football League, against Down, Cork, Mayo and Kerry. He also started the fifth fixture against Roscommon and scored a point. He then started against Dublin in the sixth fixture at Croke Park. He also scored a point against Monaghan in the seventh fixture but later went  off injured. Donegal qualified for the NFL semi-final. McHugh did not play in this game. McHugh started the final of the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship and played most of that game. He had earlier scored two points in the quarter-final against Fermanagh, one point in the semi-final (drawn game) against Monaghan and also played in the semi-final replay. McHugh scored 0–2 in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier defeat of Cork at Croke Park. He then started against Dublin in the next game, at the same venue. He was awarded an "Irish News