Roger Joseph McHugh (24 July 1908 – 1 January 1987) was an Irish academic, author, playwright, politician and Irish republican.
[1] He was educated Our Lady's Bower, Athlone; Synge Street CBS, Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD).
[2] McHugh was a supporter of a minor Irish Republican political party Córas na Poblachta and a friend of Irish Republican Army leader Seamus O'Donovan.
[3] He was elected to Seanad Éireann as an independent member in 1954 by the National University constituency.
[2] He wrote two plays, each produced at the Abbey Theatre: Trial at Green Street courthouse (1941), and Rossa (1945).