Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon on Who Do You Think You Are UK

• Ardal O'Hanlon on Wikipedia Ardal O'Hanlon (/oʊˈhænlən/; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian and actor. He played Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted, George Sunday/Thermoman in My Hero, and DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise.

Ardal O'Hanlon Born 8 October 1965 (age 53) Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland Occupation Actor, comedian Years active 1991–present Spouse(s) Melanie O'Hanlon Children 3
Relatives Rory O'Hanlon (father) Contents Early life Edit

Ardal O'Hanlon was born on 8 October 1965 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, the son of politician and doctor Rory O'Hanlon and Teresa Ward. He has five siblings. The episode of Who Do You Think You Are? which aired on 6 October 2008 revealed that O'Hanlon's paternal grandfather, Michael O'Hanlon, was a UCD medicine student who had joined the IRA during the Irish War of Independence and was a member of Michael Collins' squad which assassinated British secret service agents on the morning of Bloody Sunday. Details of his grandfather's activities survive in UCD Archives, as well as Blackrock College. It also transpired that, on his mother's side, he is a close relative of Peter Fenelon Collier.

O'Hanlon was schooled in Blackrock College in Dublin and graduated, in 1987, from the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin (now Dublin City University) with a degree in Communications Studies.