O'Hanlon is an Irish surname associated with the

Ó hAnluain The Ó h-Anluain (anglicised as O'Hanlon) family was an agnatic extended family comprising one of a string of dynasts along the Ulster-Leinster border. Depending on the advantage to the clan, the Chief of the Name—The O'Hanlon—supported ...

sept A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used in both Scotland and Ireland, where it may be translated as ''sliocht'', meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may indicate the descendants of a person ( ...

. As with other similar names, the added prefix "O'" means "son of" (Hanlon). Notable people with that surname include: *

Ardal O'Hanlon Ardal O'Hanlon (; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian, actor, and author. He played Father Dougal McGuire in ''Father Ted'' (1995–1998), George Sunday/Thermoman in '' My Hero'' (2000–2005), and DI Jack Mooney in '' Death in Paradise'' ...

(born 1965), Irish comedian *

Evan O'Hanlon Evan George O'Hanlon, (born 4 May 1988) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, who competes mainly in category T38 sprint events. He has won five gold medals at two Paralympic Games – 2008 Beijing and 2012 London. He also represented Austral ...

(born 1988), Australian Paralympian *

Fergal O'Hanlon Fergal O'Hanlon (Irish: Feargal Ó hAnnluain (2 February 1936 – 1 January 1957) was a volunteer in the Pearse Column of the Irish Republican Army. Background Born in Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland, into a staunchly republican family ...

(1936–1957, Irish Republican Army member *

Fran O'Hanlon Francis Brian O'Hanlon (born August 24, 1948) was an American college basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Lafayette College from 1995 to 2022. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, O'Hanlon played college basketball at Villa ...

(born 1948), Lafayette Leopards men's basketball head coach *

George O'Hanlon George O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor and writer. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action ''Joe McDoakes'' short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of Georg ...

(1912–1989), American actor *

John O'Hanlon (chess player) John O'Hanlon (23 April 1876 – 20 February 1960) was an Irish chess player.Walsh, J. (1960-02-25)"John O'Hanlon 1876-1960" ''The Irish Chess Union''. He won the Irish Chess Championship nine times, the first title in 1913 and the last in 194 ...

(1876–1960), Irish chess master * John O'Hanlon (Lackaghmore) (1889–1920), Sinn Féin member shot during the Irish War of Independence * John O'Hanlon (politician) (1872–1956), Irish politician and journalist *

John O'Hanlon (writer) John Canon O'Hanlon MRIA (30 April 1821 – 15 May 1905) was an Irish Catholic priest, scholar and writer who also published poetry and illustrations, and involved himself in Irish politics. He is best known as a folklorist and a hagiographer, an ...

(1821–1905), Irish priest and writer * Killian O'Hanlon (born 1993), Gaelic footballer *

Michael E. O'Hanlon Michael Edward O'Hanlon (born May 16, 1961) is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, specializing in defense and foreign policy issues. He began his career as a budget analyst in the defense field. Biography Education and early career O ...

(born 1961), American policy consultant * Michael F. O'Hanlon (1890–1967), Irish politician *

Paddy O'Hanlon Patrick Michael O'Hanlon (8 May 1944 – 7 April 2009), known as Paddy O'Hanlon, was an Irish barrister and former nationalist politician in Ireland. Born in Drogheda Co.Louth, but resident in Mullaghbawn, South Armagh since childhood, O'Hanlon s ...

(1944–2009), Irish politician * Pat O'Hanlon, (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player *

Redmond O'Hanlon Redmond O'Hanlon, FRGS, FRSL (born 5 June 1947) is an English writer and scholar. Life O'Hanlon was born in 1947 in Dorset, England. He was educated at Marlborough College and then Oxford University. After taking his M.Phil. in nineteenth-ce ...

, British writer *

Redmond O'Hanlon (outlaw) Count Redmond O'Hanlon ( ga, Réamonn Ó hAnluain), (c. 1640 – 25 April 1681) was a 17th-century Irish tóraidhe or rapparee; an outlawed member of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland who still held to the code of conduct of the traditional chiefs ...

, 17th-century Irish rapparee *

Rory O'Hanlon Rory O'Hanlon (born 7 February 1934) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2002 to 2007, Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1997 to 2002, Minister for the Environment from 1 ...

, Irish politician * Sean O'Hanlon, English footballer * Siobhán O'Hanlon, Sinn Féin politician * Virginia O'Hanlon, catalyst for "

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church titled "Is There a Santa Claus?", which appeared in the New York newspaper '' The Sun'' on September 21, 1897, and became one of the most famous ...

References

* ''The O'Hanlons of Orior 1558–1691:Part II'', Joseph Canning, ''Seanchas Ard Mhacha'', pp. 111–192, 2002. {{surname

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