Caroline O'Hanlon is a Northern Ireland netball international and an

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , " Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the ...

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er. She has also represented Ireland at international rules. She was a member of the Northern Ireland teams at the

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, 2011 and

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s and at the

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and

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. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that were silver medallists at the 2012 and

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s. She captained Northern Ireland at both the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the

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. She has played in the

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for Team Northumbria,

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and Manchester Thunder. She was a member of the Manchester Thunder team that won the 2019 Netball Superleague. As a Ladies' Gaelic footballer she played for Armagh in the 2006 All-Ireland final. She has also been an All Star on three occasions and was named as the 2014 TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year. In 2010 she was named Northern Ireland Sportswoman of the Year.

Early life, family and education

O'Hanlon is the daughter of Charlie and Marion O'Hanlon. Her father is a farmer. Like his daughter, he also played

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 ki ...

for both St Patrick's Carrickcruppen and

. He was a member of the St Patrick's team that won three

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s in 1978, 1979 and 1982. Her mother was a teacher. She has one sibling, a sister Joanne. O'Hanlon was educated at

Sacred Heart Grammar School Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, is a grammar school with 855 students and 51 full-time teachers. Established in 1930 by the Sisters of St. Clare. It is one of Northern Ireland’s top grammar schools. Brief h ...

and at

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. O'Hanlon began playing both Gaelic football and

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at an early age. Her family home is in

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. O'Hanlon is a doctor and studied medicine at Queen's. She has worked at both Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital and as a GP in the Newcastle and Dundrum areas of

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Netball

Clubs

Larkfield

O'Hanlon plays

for the

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–based Larkfield club in the Northern Ireland Premier League. She has captained the team to several leagues titles and cup wins. Her team mates at Larkfield include fellow

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internationals, Neamh Woods and Michelle Drayne.

Team Northumbria

As part of their preparations for the

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, the Northern Ireland national netball team formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw O'Hanlon and six other Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough, Noleen Lennon, Fionnuala Toner, Gemma Gibney, Michelle Drayne and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the

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. O'Hanlon and Toner also played for Team Northumbria during the 2015 season.

UWS Sirens

O'Hanlon played for

during the

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Manchester Thunder

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O'Hanlon began playing for Manchester Thunder. She was a member of the Manchester Thunder team that won the 2019 and 2022 Netball Superleague.

International

Northern Ireland

O'Hanlon was a member of the

teams at the

, 2011 and

s and at the

and

. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that won the 2009 and 2015 Nations Cups. She was Player of the Tournament at the latter tournament. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that were silver medallists at the 2012 and

s. She captained Northern Ireland at both the

and at the

. She also carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the

. O'Hanlon is one of several of several

Ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

ers to play netball for Northern Ireland. Others include Neamh Woods ( Tyrone), Laura Mason (

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) and Michelle Drayne,

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and

Michelle Magee Michelle Magee (born 13 January 2000) is a Northern Ireland netball international and an Antrim ladies' Gaelic footballer. She was a member of the Northern Ireland teams at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2019 Netball World Cup. Her older ...

(all Antrim).

Great Britain

O'Hanlon has also represented

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at university level. She has played both for and against the Great Britain university team.

Gaelic football

Club level

At club level, O'Hanlon plays for St Patrick's Carrickcruppen. In 2010 she captained the club to their first Armagh Senior Ladies' Football Championship. She was named player of the match in the final after scoring 1–6. O'Hanlon scored 0–4 for

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

in the 2014 O'Connor Cup final as they lost 3–7 to 1–9 against

University of Limerick The University of Limerick (UL) ( ga, Ollscoil Luimnigh) is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it beca ...

Inter-county

Since 2000 O'Hanlon has played senior

for , representing her county in senior competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the

Ladies' National Football League The Ladies' National Football League is an annual inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament, secondary to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It is competed for annually by the county teams of Ireland. National League rol ...

. She played for Armagh in the

2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . Armagh led 1–4 to 0–3 at half-time but a goal from player of the match, Nollaig Cleary, helped Cork to a one-point win. It was also the second of five consecut ...

against . Cork won 1–7 to 1–6. O'Hanlon scored 0–2 in the final. In 2014 she captained Armagh to the Ulster title, defeating 2–14 to 1–8 in the final. O'Hanlon scored 1–2 in the final. In 2015 she captained Armagh to the 2015 Ladies' National Football League Division 2 title. In 2006, 2012 and 2014 O'Hanlon was selected as an All Star. In 2012 she was named the

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and in 2014 she was named the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year. She was the first non-Cork player to win the award.

International rules football

O'Hanlon was a member of the

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that defeated Australia in the

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Honours

Individual

*Northern Ireland Sportswoman of the Year ** 2010

Netball

;

* Nations Cup **''Winners'': 2009, 2015: 2 * European Netball Championship **''Runner up'': 2012,

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: 2 ; Manchester Thunder *

**''Winners'':

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: 1 ;Larkfield *NI Premier League **''Winners'': 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017: 4 ?

Gaelic football

;

* All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship **''Runners Up'': 2006 *Ulster Senior Ladies' Football Championship **''Winners'': 2014 * Ladies' National Football League Division 2 **''Winners'': 2015 ; St Patrick's Carrickcruppen *Armagh Senior Ladies' Football Championship **''Winners'': 2015 ;

* O'Connor Cup **''Runner up'': 2014 ;Individual * All Stars ** 2006, 2012, 2014: 3 * TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year ** 2014 *

** 2012

References

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