Eugene 'Nudie' Hughes was a former Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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 player for Monaghan

Monaghan GAA

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Playing career

Nudie helped Monaghan to victory in the 1984 National Football League

National Football League (Ireland)

The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The prize for the winning team is the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company...

 Final defeating Armagh and he collected three Ulster Senior Football Championship

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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 medals in 1979, defeating Donegal, in 1985, beating Derry and again in 1988, defeating Tyrone in Clones. Nudie was the first Monaghan man to receive an All-Star Award and featured regularly on All-Star teams selected in 1979, 1985 and 1988. He collected a Railway Cup

Interprovincial Championship

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 Medal with Ulster in 1984 and he was listed at number 115 in The 125 greatest stars of the GAA

The 125 greatest stars of the GAA

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