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.O'Hanlon was born on 8 October 1965 in Carrickmacross, County
Monaghan, the son of politician and doctor Rory O'Hanlon and Teresa
Ward.[citation needed] He has five siblings.[citation needed] 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
medical student at University College Dublin who had joined the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and was a
member of Michael Collins's 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.[citation needed]
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.O'Hanlon was born on 8 October 1965 in Carrickmacross, County
Monaghan, the son of politician and doctor Rory O'Hanlon and Teresa
Ward.[citation needed] He has five siblings.[citation needed] 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
medical student at University College Dublin who had joined the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and was a
member of Michael Collins's 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.[citation needed]
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