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

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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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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 2017 European Netball Championships. 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 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. She has played in the

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for Team Northumbria, UWS Sirens and

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. 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

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. 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

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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 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

Bessbrook Bessbrook is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about three miles (5 km) northwest of Newry and near the Newry bypass on the main A1 Belfast-Dublin road and Belfast-Dublin railway line. Today the village of Bessbrook str ...

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. O'Hanlon is a doctor and studied medicine at Queen's. She has worked at both

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and

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and as a GP in the

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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 Neamh Woods is a Northern Ireland netball international and a Tyrone Ladies' Gaelic footballer. She was a member of the Northern Ireland teams at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2019 Netball World Cup. As a Ladies' Gaelic footballer she p ...

and

Michelle Drayne Michelle Drayne (born 22 September 1988) is a Northern Ireland netball international and a former Antrim ladies' Gaelic footballer. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She ...

Team Northumbria

As part of their preparations for the

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, the

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formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw O'Hanlon and six other Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough,

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, Gemma Gibney,

and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season. O'Hanlon and Toner also played for Team Northumbria during the 2015 season.

UWS Sirens

O'Hanlon played for UWS Sirens during the 2017 Netball Superleague season.

Manchester Thunder

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O'Hanlon began playing for

. 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

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 2017 European Netball Championships. She captained Northern Ireland at both the

and at the

. She also carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. 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

( Tyrone), Laura Mason ( Down) and

, Emma and Michelle Magee (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 in the 2014 O'Connor Cup final as they lost 3–7 to 1–9 against

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Inter-county

Since 2000 O'Hanlon has played senior

for , representing her county in senior competitions such as the

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, the Ulster Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Football League. She played for Armagh in the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final 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 TG4 Intermediate Player's Player of the Year and in 2014 she was named the

. 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

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in the

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Honours

Individual

*Northern Ireland Sportswoman of the Year ** 2010

Netball

;

* Nations Cup **''Winners'': 2009, 2015: 2 *

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**''Runner up'': 2012,

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: 2 ;

**''Winners'':

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

Gaelic football

;

**''Runners Up'':

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*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 ; Queen's University * O'Connor Cup **''Runner up'': 2014 ;Individual * All Stars ** 2006, 2012, 2014: 3 *

** 2014 * TG4 Intermediate Player's Player of the Year ** 2012

References

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