Ardal O’Hanlon
| Ardal O'Hanlon | |
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O'Hanlon as Dougal in Father Ted
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| Born |
8 October 1965 Carrickmacross, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) | Melanie O'Hanlon |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Rory O'Hanlon (father) |
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 DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise.
Ardal O'Hanlon was born on 8 October 1965 in Carrickmacross, the son of politician and doctor Rory O'Hanlon. 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.
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