Eugene "Nudie" Hughes was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Monaghan county team and died on 3 November 2025. His senior career brought a National League title in 1985, when Monaghan beat Armagh in the final, and three Ulster Senior Football Championship medals, won in 1979, 1985 and 1988. He was the first Monaghan man to receive an All-Star Award and appeared on All-Star teams in 1979, 1985 and 1988, and he also collected a Railway Cup medal with Ulster in 1984. He was later listed at number 115 among the 125 Greatest Stars of the GAA. His nickname came from a neighbouring infant who could not pronounce Eugene, and he died at home in Castleblayney.
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Hughes helped Monaghan to victory in the 1985 National Football League Final defeating Armagh
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