Hugh McFadden is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team.
[6] McFadden's performances for his club in that 2013 championship run drew the attention of county manager Jim McGuinness.
[12] McFadden started Rory Gallagher's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.
[13] He started the opening fixture of the 2015 National Football League (against Derry as well but at home on this occasion).
[19][20] McFadden made substitute appearances in the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Armagh and the semi-final against Derry.
[23] McFadden started the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier defeat of Galway at Croke Park and the next game against Mayo at the same venue.
[33][34][35] Nor did he feature in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier defeat of Cork at Croke Park.
[47][48] Under the management of Declan Bonner, McFadden took on the captaincy during the 2018 Dr McKenna Cup[49] and the 2018 National Football League, in the absence of regular team captain Michael Murphy, including in games against Kerry in Killarney and Dublin at Croke Park.
[65] McFadden started each game of the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship, as Donegal defeated Fermanagh in the quarter-final, Tyrone in the semi-final and Cavan in the final (McFadden scored one point in the semi-final and one point in the final).
[66][67][68] McFadden made a substitute appearance in Donegal's opening fixture of the 2020 National Football League against Mayo.
[74] He did not participate in the final league game away to Kerry as he and other senior players (such as Michael Murphy, Ryan McHugh and Eoghan Bán Gallagher) were rested ahead of the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Tyrone the following Sunday.
[78] McFadden started each of Donegal's four fixtures of the 2021 National Football League, against Tyrone, Monaghan, Armagh and Dublin respectively.
[83][84][85] McFadden started Donegal's third, fourth, fifth and sixth fixtures of the 2022 National Football League, against Kerry, Tyrone, Dublin and Armagh respectively.
[86][87][88][89] In the 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship, he started both of Donegal's first two fixtures, the quarter-final against Armagh and the semi-final against Cavan.
[94] In 2022, McFadden became a member of his club's management team, under Shane Molloy and Antoine O'Hara.
[95] McFadden has also won two Cumman na mBunscols County Championships with Scoil an Linbh Íosa two consecutive seasons (1922 and 1923 ) Mr McFadden is a teacher at Scoil an Linbh Íosa, a primary school near Donegal Town.