Ardal O'Hanlon
| Ardal O'Hanlon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ardal O'Hanlon 8 October 1965 Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for |
Father Ted (1995–1998) My Hero (2000–2006) Celebrity Mastermind - Champion (UK TV quiz) (2016) Death in Paradise (2017–) |
| Spouse(s) | Melanie O'Hanlon |
| Children | 3 |
Ardal O'Hanlon (/oʊˈhænlən/; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian and actor. He played Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted, George Sunday in My Hero and is currently playing DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise.
O'Hanlon was born in 1965 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland, the son of Rory O'Hanlon, an Irish politician and doctor, and has five siblings. RTÉ's Who do you think you are? programme on Monday 6 October 2008 examined Ardal's family tree. He discovered that his paternal grandfather, Michael O'Hanlon, a UCD medicine student, had joined the Irish Republican Army 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 was a close relative of Peter Fenelon Collier, the founder of Collier's Weekly and Collier's Encyclopedia.
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