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 Irish clan, clan, the Chief of the Name—The O'Hanlon—s ...
sept
A sept () is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used both in Scotland and in Ireland, where it may be translated as Irish , meaning "progeny" or "seed", and 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:
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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 (British TV series), My Hero'' (2000–2006), and DI Jack Moone ...
(born 1965), Irish comedian
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Cressida O'Hanlon
Cressida Clytie O'Hanlon (born 1972) is an Australian politician from the South Australian Labor Party, Labor Party. She has been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly since winning the 2024 Dunstan state by-election. She contested ...
, Australian politician
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Evan O'Hanlon
Evan George O'Hanlon, (born 4 May 1988) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, who competes mainly in category T38 (classification), T38 sprint events. He has won five gold medals at two Paralympic Games – 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Beijing ...
(born 1988), Australian Paralympian
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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 fami ...
(1936–1957, Irish Republican Army member
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Fran O'Hanlon
Francis Brian O'Hanlon (born August 24, 1948) is a retired American college basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Lafayette College from 1995 to 2022.
Formative years
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 24, 1948, O ...
(born 1948), American basketball coach
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George O'Hanlon
George O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian 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 voic ...
(1912–1989), American actor
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Hugh O'Hanlon (1938–2020), British nuclear physicist
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John O'Hanlon (chess player) (1876–1960), Irish chess master
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John O'Hanlon (Lackaghmore) (1889–1920), Sinn Féin member shot during the Irish War of Independence
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John O'Hanlon (politician) (1872–1956), Irish politician and journalist
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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, a ...
(1821–1905), Irish priest and writer
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Killian O'Hanlon (born 1993), Gaelic footballer
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Michael E. O'Hanlon (born 1961), American policy consultant
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Michael F. O'Hanlon (1890–1967), Irish politician
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Paddy O'Hanlon
Patrick Michael O'Hanlon (8 May 1944 – 7 April 2009) was an Irish barrister and nationalist politician.
Born in Drogheda County Louth, but resident in Mullaghbawn, South Armagh since childhood, partly due to an exclusion order, O'Hanlon stud ...
(1944–2009), Irish politician
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Pat O'Hanlon, (born 1991), Australian rugby player
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Redmond O'Hanlon, British writer
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Redmond O'Hanlon (outlaw), 17th-century Irish rapparee
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Rory O'Hanlon
Rory O'Hanlon (born 7 February 1934) is an Irish former 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 19 ...
, Irish politician
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Rory O'Hanlon (Irish judge)
Roderick Joseph O'Hanlon (11 April 1923 – 27 March 2002) was an Irish judge and barrister who served as a Judge of the High Court from 1981 to 1995. He was also President of the Law Reform Commission.
He was dismissed by the Irish Governme ...
, Irish judge
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Siobhán O'Hanlon, Irish politician
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Virginia O'Hanlon
Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas (July 20, 1889May 13, 1971) was an American educator best known for writing a letter as a child to the New York newspaper ''The Sun'' that inspired the 1897 editorial " Is There a Santa Claus?". The editorial, by ...
, catalyst for "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
See also
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Hanlon
References
* ''The O'Hanlons of Orior 1558–1691:Part II'', Joseph Canning, ''Seanchas Ard Mhacha'', pp. 111–192, 2002.
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Surnames of Irish origin