| Office: | Senator |
| Term Start: | 22 July 1954 |
| Term End: | 22 May 1957 |
| Constituency: | National University |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1908 |
| Birth Place: | County Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Children: | 5 |
| Alma Mater: | University College Dublin |
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. In 1939 McHugh was interned by the Irish Free State at the Curragh internment camp.[3]
He was elected to Seanad Éireann as an independent member in 1954 by the National University constituency.[4] He lost his seat at the 1957 election.[4]
In 1965 he became Professor of English at UCD and in 1966 he was appointed the first Professor of Anglo–Irish Literature and Drama.[2]
He wrote two plays, each produced at the Abbey Theatre: Trial at Green Street courthouse (1941), and Rossa (1945).[1]