Club McKaigue has won numerous senior titles in both codes with Slaughtneil. In hurling he has won the
Derry Senior Hurling Championship nine times and the
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship four times. In football he is the holder of five
Derry Senior Football Championships and three
Ulster Senior Club Football Championships.
Inter-county Minor McKaigue was vice-captain of the Derry
Minor team that were runners-up in both the
Ulster Minor Championship and
All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county, and lifted the cup as captain.
Under-21 In 2008 McKaigue reached the
Ulster Under 21 Championship final with Derry
Under 21s, but they were beaten by
Down due to a late goal.
Senior ;2008–2009 Later in 2008 he was drafted into the Derry
Senior panel before the Championship meeting with
Monaghan. He came on as a substitute in that game to make his Derry Senior debut and scored a point. He was involved from the start of the 2009 season - named in the
Dr McKenna Cup,
National League and Championship panels. Derry reached
that year's National League final, but were defeated by
Kerry. ;2022 In 2022, he won his first
Ulster Senior Football Championship and
Derry's first since 1998. They went on to reach the All-Ireland semi final that year, losing out to Galway. McKaigue, aged 33, won an All Star, becoming one of the oldest first time winners of that award.
International rules He played twice for
Ireland against
Australia in the
2013 International Rules Series. He also played in the
2014 International Rules Series. ==Australian rules football career==