Charles Hanrahan Explained

Charles Hanrahan
Full Name:Charles J. Hanrahan
Birth Place:Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Death Place:Cork, Co. Cork Ireland
Position:Prop / No. 8
Repyears1:1926–32
Repcaps1:20
Reppoints1:3

Charles J. Hanrahan (1903 — 1969) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Hanrahan was born in Clonmel played for Cork-based club Dolphin RFC. He was capped 20 times for Ireland between 1926 and 1932, utilised primarily as a front row forward.[1] A bank manager by profession, Hanrahan served on the IRFU selection committee for the 1948 grand slam and was elected the union's president in 1954.[2]

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  1. News: Irish rugby celebrity . . 1 March 1969.
  2. News: Munster man is I.R.F.U. President . . 30 October 1954.