Martin F. McHUGH

Prayers and sympathies from the distantly related McHugh's here in Minnesota and those on the east coast. I chatted with Martin several times by phone and visited at home, too. We didn't figure out exactly how we were related but since our McHugh's were from Cloondahara (leaving in 1855) surely there was one. In 2018 we stopped at his home there. What a beautifully talented man. I'm sorry I can't pick up the phone again to ask him something as I enjoyed doing in recent years.

Marty was a fine accordian player. He was a fun guy to be around and helped a lot of us grow in Irish music. We will miss you, Marty

His like will not be this way again. John Haggerty Hudson, Wi

R.I.P. Martin,I remember Martin as one of the first Irish Man whenI came to st Paul in 1956.and met him many times at Milwaukee Fest. He was a lovely man.

Marty will be greatly missed.. a great musician and an incredibly kind man. Thanks Marty. With love, Kate Scanlan

Rest in peace Martin McHugh "thou true and faithful servant". Thank you for all you have done for the St Paul Irish and Celtic community over so many years. You will truly be missed but never forgotten by all of us who love you. God Bless.

Martin McHugh was a remarkable and inspirational man. He was the vital traditional link between the St Paul Irish music scene of the 50s and 60s and the reborn community of the 70s, and then, up until the end, to a new younger generation of musicians. Marty, along with Tom and Barbara Dahill, dramatically changed the lives of many of us in the 70s. Almost overnight a gang of us completely refocused our lives on to traditional Irish music and dance. That Paddy's Day ceili at the Commodore...