Caroline O'Hanlon

Caroline O'Hanlon
Personal information
Full name Caroline O'Hanlon
Born (1984-08-08) August 8, 1984
School Sacred Heart Grammar School
University Queen's University Belfast
Occupation Doctor
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, C, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
200x– Larkfield
2014–2015 Team Northumbria
2017–2018 UWS Sirens
2018– Manchester Thunder
Years National team(s) Caps
2002–  Northern Ireland
2009 United Kingdom British Universities
2012  Ireland

Caroline O'Hanlon is a Northern Ireland netball international and an Armagh Ladies' Gaelic footballer. She has also represented Ireland at international rules. She has captained all three teams. O'Hanlon has also represented both Great Britain and Ireland at netball at university level. O'Hanlon has played in the Netball Superleague for Team Northumbria, UWS Sirens and Manchester Thunder. She is also a doctor and studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast.

Early life

O'Hanlon is the daughter of Charlie and Marion O'Hanlon. Her father is a farmer. Like his daughter, he also played Gaelic football for both St Patrick's Carrickcruppen and Armagh. He was a member of the St Patrick's team that won three Armagh Senior Football Championships 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 Queen's University Belfast.[1][2][3] O'Hanlon began playing both Gaelic football and netball at an early age.[4] Her family home is in Bessbrook, County Armagh.[5]

Netball

Clubs

O'Hanlon plays netball for the Lisburn–based Larkfield club in the Northern Ireland Premier League. She serves as club captain and has captained the team to several leagues titles and cup competitions. O'Hanlon has also played in the Netball Superleague for Team Northumbria, UWS Sirens and Manchester Thunder.[1][2][3][6]

International

Since 2002 O'Hanlon has represented Northern Ireland in various international netball competitions, including the 2003 and 2011 World Netball Championships and the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She also carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. 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.[4][7][8][9][10] At the 2015 tournament O'Hanlon was one of three Ladies' Gaelic football county captains to represent Northern Ireland. The other two were Neamh Woods of Tyrone and Laura Mason of Down. All three were also teammates at Larkfield.[11]

In addition to representing Northern Ireland, O'Hanlon has also represented both Great Britain and Ireland at university level. She was a member of the Ireland team that finished fourth at the 2012 World University Netball Championship. She has played both for and against the British Universities team.[12][13]

Gaelic football

Caroline O'Hanlon
Personal information
Sport Ladies' Gaelic football
Position midfield/centre
Club(s)
Years Club
St Patrick's Carrickcruppen
Queen's University Belfast [3]
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2000– Armagh
Inter-county titles
All Stars 3

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.[9]

Inter-county

Since 2000 O'Hanlon has played senior Ladies' Gaelic football for Armagh, 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. On 2 October 2006 she played in the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final against Cork. Cork won 1–7 to 1–6. O'Hanlon scored 0–2 in the final.[14][15][16][17] In 2014 she captained Armagh to the Ulster title, defeating Monaghan 2–14 to 1–8 in the final. O'Hanlon scored 1–2 in the final.[5][18] In 2015 she captained Armagh to the 2015 Ladies' National Football League Division 2 title.[1]

O'Hanlon has also represented Ulster at inter-provincial level [19] and Ireland at international level.[9] O'Hanlon has been an All Star on three occasions and was named as the 2014 Ladies Gaelic Footballer of the Year. She was the first non-Cork player to win the award.[5] Between 2009 and 2017 she was also selected for the Ladies' National Football League Team of the Year every year, except one.[20]

Doctor

O'Hanlon is a doctor and studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast. She has worked at both Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital [5] and as a GP near Newcastle, County Down.[1]

Honours

Netball

Northern Ireland
Larkfield
  • NI Premier League
    • Winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017: 4 ?

Gaelic football

Armagh
St Patrick's Carrickcruppen
  • Armagh Senior Ladies' Football Championship
    • Winners: 2015

Individual

Source:[1][8][9][17][18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Triple life! Flying between two countries for inter-county football, netball and life as a doctor". www.the42.ie. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "How to juggle intercounty Gaelic football, netball and being a doctor". www.irishtimes.com. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Our Sporting Lives with Caroline O'Hanlon: 'Ladies' All-Ireland final was phenomenal. Hopefully female sport will get recognition it deserves'". www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Caroline O'Hanlon – Northern Ireland's cross-code superstar". www.gc2018.com. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Is this the busiest woman in Irish sport? - Armagh dual star and flying doctor Caroline O'Hanlon". www.independent.ie. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Manchester Thunder sign Caroline O'Hanlon from Sirens". www.skysports.com. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Caroline O'Hanlon". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Orchard GAA ladies football star Caroline O'Hanlon returns to netball's British SuperLeague". www.irishnews.com. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Caroline O'Hanlon wins impressive accolade". ulster.gaa.ie. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Armagh ladies' football star Caroline O'Hanlon carries flag at Commonwealth Games". www.irishnews.com. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Netball: Gaelic county captains set aside rivalry for Northern Ireland". www.newsletter.co.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "British Universities Netball squad victorious over 13th in the world, Singapore". www.bucs.org.uk. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "GBR beats IRL to meet RSA in 1st WUC Netball Final". www.fisu.net. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Cork belles dig deep to ring up double". www.irishexaminer.com. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Armagh 1-6 1-7 Cork". news.bbc.co.uk. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Cork v Armagh - TG4 Ladies All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  17. 1 2 "These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork". www.the42.ie. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  18. 1 2 "Armagh Ladies are Ulster Champions". armaghgaa.net. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "Ulster Ladies make it 4 in a row". ulster.gaa.ie. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "Ulster ladies well represented in Teams of the League". www.irishnews.com. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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