Laghy native Hugh Devenney to be inducted into LGFA Hall of Fame

Former Donegal LGFA Chairman and Ulster President Hugh Devenney is to be inducted into the LGFA Hall of Fame at the 2024 LGFA Volunteer of the Year awards. 

The award recipients will gather at Croke Park next Friday, January 24, for a very special evening to celebrate their outstanding achievements. 

The LGFA National Volunteer of the Year awards scheme is now in its eighth year and the 2024 winners will be honoured across 10 categories. 

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Devenney, who was a part of the Donegal LGFA board since 1993, a year after its formation, was born and has lived all his life in Cormullion in Laghy. 

He played club football with Drumbar GAA club at juvenile, minor, and junior levels. When the club folded in the early 1970s, he played for a couple of seasons at junior level with Four Masters. 

Devenney has held the role of chairman for Donegal on five separate occasions and other than the secretary role, he has held every other position on the county board. 

The Laghy native has been President of the Ulster Council on two occasions while also being on the National fixtures committee and has been the National Culture and Language officer which gave him a seat on the national executive. 

Devenney was honoured with a ‘Special Recognition Award’ at Tullyglass Hotel in Ballymena for his dedication to Ladies football in the county back in 2018.