Finian Hanley (born 4 January 1985) is a former

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

player from

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

. He played his club football with Salthill–Knocknacarra and inter-county football for

from 2005 to 2017. He played in the full-back position. In 2008 he was nominated for an All Stars Award.

Inter-county

In 2005, Hanley was a member of

's Under-21 All-Ireland winning team, winning the final against Down with inspired performances from Michael Meehan, Barry Cullinane and club team-mate

Seán Armstrong Seán Armstrong (born 20 March 1986) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Galway. Armstrong played his club football with Salthill–Knocknacarra GAA, Salthill–Knocknacarra and inter-county football for Galway county football team, Galw ...

. After being a key figure in Galway's successful Minor and Under-21 teams of recent years, Hanley made his Senior debut against Mayo in the 2005 Connacht SFC final. He has since made the full-back position his own, winning three Connacht SFC titles, in 2005, 2008 and 2016. Hanley was a part of Salthill–Knocknacarra's triumphant All-Ireland Club Championship-winning side in 2006. They defeated

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club St Gall's in the final by 0–7 to 0-6. Hanley was named Man Of The Match for his performance, repelling several of the Antrim side's attacks.

International rules

In 2008, he represented

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against

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in Australia in the

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in which they won. In 2010, he was vice-captain of the Irish team in the International Rules Series in Ireland in which they lost out narrowly. In 2011, he was chosen to represent his country once more In 2013, he was chosen to represent his country again. He played in the first test in Cavan but a hamstring tear ruled him out of the second test at Croke Park a week later. In 2014, he was again chosen to represent Ireland in the one test series in Perth. Ireland narrowly lost out to Australia on this occasion.

Honours

Club

Galway Senior Football Championship The Galway Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It ...

(2): 2005, 2012 *

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football champ ...

(1): 2005 *

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Cuala of D ...

(1): 2006

County

Connacht Under-21 Football Championship The Connacht GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Connacht Under-20 Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht GAA, Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

(1): 2005 *

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

(1): 2005 *

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship and shortened to Connacht SFC, is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the county teams of Connacht particip ...

(3): 2005, 2008, 2016 *

FBD Insurance League The FBD, also called the FBD Insurance League, FBD Connacht League, the Connacht FBD Football League or FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition, is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Connacht GAA and sponsored by F ...

(4): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2017

Individual

* Man of The Match All-Ireland Club Final (1): 2006 *

International Rules International rules football (; also known as international rules in Australia and compromise rules or Aussie rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international represe ...

(5): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanley, Finian 1985 births Living people Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers Irish international rules football players Salthill-Knocknacarra Gaelic footballers Sportspeople from Galway (city)