# Hanrahan

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{{Infobox surname
|name=Hanrahan, O'Hanrahan
|meaning=derived from ''ánradh'',<br />meaning "warrior"
|region=Ireland
|language=[Old Irish](/source/Old_Irish) ([Gaeilge](/source/Gaeilge))
|variant='''Hanrahan'''<br />Handrahan, Hanraghan, Henrehan<br />Hanradhan
}}
'''Hanrahan''' is an Irish [surname](/source/surname) shared by many Irish people and descendants of Irish emigrants. The name is most common in the area of the Shannon Estuary (counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare) in Ireland. Through emigration the name has become fairly common in the US, the UK and other countries to which the Irish emigrated. Many famous people share this name as well. The name was originally spelled "hAnnracháin" and initially used in the Irish province of [Leinster](/source/Leinster), where local nobles and kings with the name ruled. Variations include Hanradhan and Hanraghan. Many families within Ireland and those of emigrants from Ireland, of the Ó hAnnracháin family, Anglicised their names to "O'Hanrahan" or "Hanrahan". Eochaidh, King of Leinster, an early monarch who fled to Scotland in exile in 540, was the first ruler to bear the surname. The name originates from Anradhán, diminutive of the Old Irish word "ánradh", which translates as "warrior".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/uachtar|title=Uachtar|publisher=New English-Irish Dictionary|accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uachtar|title=Uachtar|publisher=Wiktionary|accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref>

According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Hanrahans were one of the chiefly families of the [Dal gCais](/source/Dal_gCais) or [Dalcassians](/source/Dalcassians) who were a tribe of the [Erainn](/source/Erainn) who were the second wave of Celts to settle in [Ireland](/source/Ireland) between about 500 and 100 [BC](/source/Anno_Domini).<ref>{{cite book |last=Cairney |first=C. Thomas |year=1989 |title=Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland |location=[Jefferson, North Carolina](/source/Jefferson%2C_North_Carolina), United States, and London |publisher=[McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company) |pages=61-69 |isbn=0899503624}}</ref>

==Famous people with the name==
===Hanrahan===
====People====
*[Barbara Hanrahan](/source/Barbara_Hanrahan), [Australia](/source/Australia)n artist and writer
*Barry Hanrahan, [American](/source/United_States) Assistant General Manager, Philadelphia Flyers NHL Hockey Team
*[Bill Hanrahan](/source/Bill_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) announcer for ''[NBC Nightly News](/source/NBC_Nightly_News)'', d. 1996
*[Brian Hanrahan](/source/Brian_Hanrahan), [British](/source/United_Kingdom)-born [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) correspondent, d. 2010
*[Edmond M. Hanrahan](/source/Edmond_M._Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) former [Securities and Exchange Commission](/source/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission) chairman
*[Edward Hanrahan](/source/Edward_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) State's Attorney for Illinois
*[Emerald O'Hanrahan](/source/Emerald_O'Hanrahan) [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [Actress](/source/Actress) starred in the hit radio show [The archers](/source/The_archers)
*[Hugh Hanrahan](/source/Hugh_Hanrahan), [Canadian](/source/Canadian) [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) member, d. 1999
*[Jack Hanrahan](/source/Jack_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) comedic writer, d. 2008
*[Jake Hanrahan](/source/Jake_Hanrahan), [British](/source/United_Kingdom)-born conflict journalist and documentary filmmaker.
*[James Hanrahan](/source/James_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) founder of St. Thomas More school and coach
*[JJ Hanrahan](/source/JJ_Hanrahan), [Irish](/source/Ireland) professional rugby player
*[Joe Hanrahan](/source/Joe_Hanrahan), [Irish](/source/Ireland) footballer
*[Joel Hanrahan](/source/Joel_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) baseball player with the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox)
*[John Hanrahan](/source/John_Hanrahan), American politician
*[Kevin Hanrahan](/source/Kevin_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) [mobster](/source/mobster), d. 1992
*[Kieran Hanrahan](/source/Kieran_Hanrahan), [Irish](/source/Ireland) musician and radio host
*[Kip Hanrahan](/source/Kip_Hanrahan), [Irish-American](/source/Irish-American) [jazz](/source/jazz) musician
*Liam Hanrahan, [English](/source/England) professional boxer
*[Maura Hanrahan](/source/Maura_Hanrahan), [Canadian](/source/Canadian) author
*[Michael Hanrahan](/source/Michael_Hanrahan), American politician
*[Michael O'Hanrahan](/source/Michael_O'Hanrahan), [Irish](/source/ireland) rebel leader executed by firing squad by the British during the 1916 Rising
*[Mike Hanrahan](/source/Mike_Hanrahan), [Ireland](/source/Ireland) Songwriter and former lead singer [Stockton's Wing](/source/Stockton's_Wing)
*[Milo Yiannopoulos](/source/Milo_Yiannopoulos) (born Milo Hanrahan), British journalist
*[Noelle Hanrahan](/source/Prison_Radio), [American](/source/United_States) director for [Prison Radio](/source/Prison_Radio), noted for recording [Mumia Abu-Jamal](/source/Mumia_Abu-Jamal)'s
*[Will Hanrahan](/source/Will_Hanrahan), British TV Producer and Presenter
*[Pegeen Hanrahan](/source/Pegeen_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) mayor of [Gainesville, Florida](/source/Gainesville%2C_Florida)
*[Pat Hanrahan](/source/Pat_Hanrahan), [American](/source/United_States) professor at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University)
*[Packy Hanrahan](/source/Packy_Hanrahan), American professional tenpin bowler
*[Peter Hanrahan](/source/Peter_Hanrahan), [Irish](/source/Ireland) footballer
*[Robb Hanrahan](/source/Robb_Hanrahan), former news anchor
*Robert Hanrahan, [Australia](/source/Australia)n musician
*[Robert P. Hanrahan](/source/Robert_P._Hanrahan), former U. S. representative
*[Will Hanrahan](/source/Will_Hanrahan), [British](/source/United_Kingdom)-born television personality

====In fiction====
*[Owen Red Hanrahan](/source/Owen_Red_Hanrahan), fictional character who appears in several works by [William Butler Yeats](/source/William_Butler_Yeats)
*[Peter "Red" Hanrahan](/source/Peter_Red_Hanrahan), character in ''[Dragonriders of Pern](/source/Dragonriders_of_Pern)''
*Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan, news economic correspondent in ''[The Day Today](/source/The_Day_Today)''
*[Sorka Hanrahan](/source/Sorka_Hanrahan), character in ''[Dragonriders of Pern](/source/Dragonriders_of_Pern)''
*Timothy P. Hanrahan, the real name of the fictional character [Blowtorch](/source/Blowtorch_(G.I._Joe)) from the ''[G.I. Joe](/source/G.I._Joe)'' franchise
*Tommy Hanrahan, a hockey goalie in ''[Slap Shot](/source/Slap_Shot_(film))'' who gets goaded into a fight after Reg Dulop calls his wife a [dyke](/source/Dyke_(slang))

===hAnnracháin===
*Neasa Ní hAnnrachain, Irish actress
*Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, Irish author

==Hanrahan in other media==
===Poetry===
*''[Said Hanrahan](/source/Said_Hanrahan)'' &ndash; a poem by Australian poet [John O'Brien](/source/John_O'Brien_(poet))

==See also==
*[Handrahan](/source/Handrahan)
*[Irish clans](/source/Irish_clans)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/hanrahan-family-crest.htm?A=54323-224 Hanrahan] at the House of Names
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090920065723/http://www.frontiernet.net/~ftmjohn/PDFFiles/HanrahanSuppliment.pdf John Hanrahan's genealogy of the Hanrahan family]
*[http://www.sbox.co.nz/games.php?section=1 The Hanrahan Game] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908000250/http://www.sbox.co.nz/games.php?section=1 |date=8 September 2009 }}

Category:Anglicised Irish-language surnames
Category:Septs of the Dál gCais

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