# Adrian Hanlon

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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
|code           = Football
|sport          = Gaelic football
|image          =
|name           = Adrian Hanlon
|irish          =
|feet           = 5
|inches         = 8<ref name=player_profile>{{cite web|url=http://www.donegalgaa.ie/playerProfile/2790/dermot_molloy|title=Player profiles: Adrian Hanlon|publisher=[Donegal GAA](/source/Donegal_GAA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527070719/http://www.donegalgaa.ie/playerProfile/2792/adrian_hanlon|accessdate=27 May 2013|archive-date=2013-05-27}}</ref>
|occupation     = Plasterer<ref name=player_profile/>
|county         = Donegal
|province       = Ulster
|club            = [Na Rossa](/source/CLG_Na_Rossa){{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br>[An Clochán Liath](/source/CLG_An_Cloch%C3%A1n_Liath)<br>[Tír Chonaill Gaels](/source/T%C3%ADr_Chonaill_Gaels)<br>[St Clarets](/source/St_Clarets)
|clyears         = ?–?<br>?–2014<br>2015–<br>2021–
|clapps(points) = 
|clcounty       = 
|clprovince     = 
|clallireland   = 
|counties       = [Donegal](/source/Donegal_county_football_team)
|icposition     = Forward
|icyears        = 2009–2014
|icapps(points) = 
|icprovince     = 
|icallireland   = 
|nfl            = 
|allstars       = 
|clupdate       = 
|icupdate       = 
|birth_date     = 1980s
|birth_place    = 
}}
'''Adrian Hanlon''' (born 1980s) is an Irish [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football)er who plays for West London GAA club St Clarets and also, formerly, for the [Donegal county team](/source/Donegal_county_football_team).

He was a panel member when Donegal won the [2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/2012_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship).

==Biography==
[John Joe Doherty](/source/John_Joe_Doherty) first invited Hanlon, a forward, to join the Donegal senior squad in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfojojsncwoj/rss2/|title=McGuinness gives Hanlon the boot from Donegal squad|work=[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)|date=27 May 2011|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171545/http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfojojsncwoj/rss2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> That year he replaced [Colm McFadden](/source/Colm_McFadden) on McFadden's 100th championship appearance, which led to some controversy.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Foley|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/forward-thinking-mcfadden-1-4247035|title=Forward thinking McFadden|work=[Donegal Democrat](/source/Donegal_Democrat)|date=11 September 2012|accessdate=11 September 2012|archive-date=29 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329214914/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/soccer/forward-thinking-mcfadden-1-4247035|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that year he made a substitute appearance in the championship defeat to [Cork](/source/Cork_county_football_team) at [Croke Park](/source/Croke_Park), scoring a point.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2009/0802/252778-cork_donegal/|title=Cork 1–27 Donegal 2–10|publisher=[RTÉ Sport](/source/RT%C3%89_Sport)|date=2 August 2009|accessdate=2 August 2009}}</ref>

Hanlon broke into the senior Donegal team during the [2011 National Football League](/source/2011_National_Football_League_(Ireland)) and started the division 2 final against Laois. Donegal recorded victory, despite Adrian being sent off in the second half.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ulster.gaa.ie/2011/04/donegal-win-division-2-title/|title=Donegal win Division 2 Title|publisher=Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|date=25 April 2011|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2011/0422/279170-donegal_laois_league/|title=Donegal 2–11 Laois 0–16|publisher=[RTÉ Sport](/source/RT%C3%89_Sport)|date=24 April 2011|accessdate=24 April 2011}}</ref> He also played for Donegal in that year's championship opener against [Antrim](/source/Antrim_county_football_team).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/new-faces-for-donegal-in-mckenna-cup-1-3341035|title=New faces for Donegal in McKenna Cup|work=[Donegal Democrat](/source/Donegal_Democrat)|date=15 December 2011|accessdate=15 December 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later dropped over a breach of discipline, Hanlon has since been included in senior Donegal squads again and was an unused substitute in the 2012 All Ireland victory over Mayo.

Hanlon played for Tír Chonaill Gaels between 2015 and 2017. He was the decider in the semi-final. His link-up with Killian Butler in the county semi-final 2017 was the decider between the sides.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

As of 2021, Hanlon was playing for St Clarets of west London.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

==Honours==
;Donegal
* [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship): [2012](/source/2012_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final)
* [Ulster Senior Football Championship](/source/Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship): [2011](/source/2011_Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship), [2012](/source/2012_Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship)
* [National Football League Division 2](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland)): [2011](/source/2011_National_Football_League_(Ireland))

;Tír Chonaill Gaels
* [London Senior Football Championship](/source/London_Senior_Football_Championship): 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/donegal-trio-will-lead-the-line-for-tir-chonaill-gaels-in-london-sfc-final/|title=Tir Chonaill Gaels land record 16th London SFC title|work=[The Irish Post](/source/The_Irish_Post)|date=29 November 2015|accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130527070719/http://www.donegalgaa.ie/playerProfile/2792/adrian_hanlon Official profile]

{{Donegal Football Team 2012}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanlon, Adrian}}
Category:1980s births
Category:Living people
Category:An Clochán Liath Gaelic footballers
Category:Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Category:Gaelic football forwards
Category:Irish plasterers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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