Donie Hanlon

Donie Hanlon
Personal information
Irish name Dónal Ó hAnluain
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-forward
Born 1937[1]
Gracefield,
County Offaly, Ireland
Died (aged 85)
Tullamore,
County Offaly, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 Gracefield
St. Patrick's
Club titles
Offaly titles 4
Leinster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1958–1964
 Offaly
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

Donie Hanlon (1937 – 31 January 2023) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level played with Gracefield and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior football team. Hanlon usually lined out as a forward.

Playing career

Hanlon first played Gaelic football as a schoolboy at Portarlington CBS. He simultaneously lined out as a minor with the Gracefield club, before winning an Offaly JFC title in 1958. Hanlon was drafted onto the St. Patrick's amalgamated team, and added an Offaly SFC title in 1959.

Hanlon was first selected for the Offaly senior football team during the 1958-59 league. He spent a season with the junior team before returning to the senior team as captain in 1960.[2] Offaly won the Leinster SFC for the first time under Hanlon's captaincy. He was at full-forward when Offaly were beaten by Down in the 1961 All-Ireland final.[3]

Death

Hanlon died on 31 January 2023, at the age of 85.[4][5]

Honours

Gracefield
St Patrick's
Offaly

References

  1. ^ "Pen pictures of finalists". Irish Independent. 23 September 1961. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "A giant who sought solutions as he strode many stages with integrity". Irish Times. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Offaly GAA mourns passing of Donie Hanlon, skipper of Faithful County's maiden Leinster SFC title win". Irish Independent. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Death of first Offaly man to lift Leinster Senior Football trophy". Offaly Live. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.