The collision, which involved a car and a van, happened on the N3 at Drummallaght just before 2pm on Monday.
McHugh, who was driving the car, was fatally injured. His body was removed to Cavan General Hospital.
His wife Noreen, also aged in her 60s, was seriously injured and was airlifted to Beaumont Hospital for treatment.
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The man driving the van sustained minor injuries and was taken to Cavan General Hospital.
Donegal TD Pearse Doherty said it was “heartbreaking news” that the GAA great lost his life in the incident.
“My thoughts are with his family and friends, the GAA and wider community, and all those who knew and loved him at this very difficult time.
“Thinking too of James’ wife Noreen, who has been injured. I pray she makes a full recovery.”
Doherty said McHugh “gave so much” to Donegal GAA and will be “remembered with great pride and affection across the county and beyond”.
McHugh played senior inter-county football for Donegal from 1990 to 1996. He played alongside his brother Martin McHugh in the county’s first Sam Maguire success in 1992, scoring a point in the 0-18 to 0-14 win over Dublin in Croke Park.
The Kilcar clubman earned an All-Star award that same season, while he secured two Ulster titles with Donegal in 1990 and 1992 and a 1994 Railway Cup title with Ulster.
With Kilcar, he won three Dr Maguire Cups – as captain in 1985, and again in 1989 and 1993 – and Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta titles, while he later served as club manager and assistant coach.
Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.
Written by Emma Hickey and posted on TheJournal.ie, additional reporting from Emma Duffy for The 42
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Tributes paid to 1992 Donegal All-Ireland winner James McHugh after his death in road crash
TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid to 1992 Donegal All-Ireland winning football player James McHugh, who was killed in a road crash between Virginia and Cavan.
The collision, which involved a car and a van, happened on the N3 at Drummallaght just before 2pm on Monday.
McHugh, who was driving the car, was fatally injured. His body was removed to Cavan General Hospital.
His wife Noreen, also aged in her 60s, was seriously injured and was airlifted to Beaumont Hospital for treatment.
The man driving the van sustained minor injuries and was taken to Cavan General Hospital.
Donegal TD Pearse Doherty said it was “heartbreaking news” that the GAA great lost his life in the incident.
“My thoughts are with his family and friends, the GAA and wider community, and all those who knew and loved him at this very difficult time.
“Thinking too of James’ wife Noreen, who has been injured. I pray she makes a full recovery.”
Doherty said McHugh “gave so much” to Donegal GAA and will be “remembered with great pride and affection across the county and beyond”.
McHugh played senior inter-county football for Donegal from 1990 to 1996. He played alongside his brother Martin McHugh in the county’s first Sam Maguire success in 1992, scoring a point in the 0-18 to 0-14 win over Dublin in Croke Park.
The Kilcar clubman earned an All-Star award that same season, while he secured two Ulster titles with Donegal in 1990 and 1992 and a 1994 Railway Cup title with Ulster.
With Kilcar, he won three Dr Maguire Cups – as captain in 1985, and again in 1989 and 1993 – and Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta titles, while he later served as club manager and assistant coach.
Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.
Written by Emma Hickey and posted on TheJournal.ie, additional reporting from Emma Duffy for The 42
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