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11 Sept 2025

Why they won: All the winners from the Donegal Sports Star Awards profiled

There was a full house for the 48th Donegal Sports Star, where Donegal manager Jim McGuinness was the special guest on a night where there were 161 nominees in over 40 categories


The Winner of the 2023 Donegal Sports Star Motorsport Award was Ryan MacHugh and Declan Boyle. 2023 was good for Frosses rally driver Ryan MacHugh who in November was listed as a nominee for the Billy Coleman. Ryan and his co-driver Declan Boyle had rounded off their season by being crowned the Class 2 National Rally Champions earlier that month. 
The MacHugh/Boyle crew were competing in a Ford Fiesta Rally4. They had  a first at the West Coast Championship and were third at the Border Rally Championship. Ryan is a nephew of Joe and Dermott MacHugh who won the Motorsport award in 2005. It is Ryan and Declan’s first time to be with us. Brendan MacHugh picked up the award.

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