Donie Hanlon

Donie Hanlon (1937 to 31 January 2023) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Gracefield and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior football team, usually lining out as a forward. He first played Gaelic football as a schoolboy at Portarlington CBS and, alongside that, lined out as a minor with Gracefield, winning an Offaly Junior Football Championship title in 1958. He was drafted onto the amalgamated St Patrick's team and added an Offaly Senior Football Championship title in 1959. Hanlon was first picked for the Offaly seniors during the 1958-59 league, spent a season with the junior team, and returned to the seniors as captain in 1960, when Offaly won the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the first time under his captaincy. He played at full-forward when Offaly lost to Down in the 1961 All-Ireland final. He died on 31 January 2023 at the age of 85.