Hugh D. Hyland (1949 – 26 September 2022) was an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who played for the Monasterevin club and at inter-county level with the

Kildare senior football team The Kildare county football team represents Kildare in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kildare GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ir ...

. He also had a lengthy career as a horse breeder.

Gaelic football career

Hyland first played

at juvenile and underage levels with the Monasterevin club. He represented the club's adult teams in the 1970s as they won the Kildare IFC title in 1971 and the SFC title in 1977, as well as Leader Cups in 1973 and 1974. Hyland's performances at club level earned a call-up to the

. He made 58 appearances at senior level from 1970 to 1979, at a time when the team had little in the way of success. Hyland

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

ed the team to a defeat by Dublin in the 1978 Leinster final.

Horse breeding career

Hyland and his brother Pat were the fourth generation to run the 300-acre Oghill House Stud in Monasterevin. After transition from farming to full-time horse breeding in the 1980s, the farm gained a reputation as a producer of quality thoroughbreds.

Death

Hyland died at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin on 26 September 2022, at the age of 72.

Honours

;Monasterevin * Kildare Senior Football Championship: 1977 * Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: 1971

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hyland, Hugh 1949 births 2022 deaths Horse breeders Kildare inter-county Gaelic footballers Monasterevin Gaelic footballers