Ardal O'Hanlon was schooled inside Blackrock College in Dublin and calibrated from either a National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin (now Dublin City University) around Communications Studies in 1987. He began retired as a stand-up comedian, and was spotted by Graham Linehan, who was to cast him inside Father Ted.

He has besides experienced his have television comedy series, My Hero, in which he plays a superhero juggling a duties of his heroic role by using the average every day-to-day crises of life in the suburban area. Before that he experienced appeared in the supplementary good series Big Bad World. He likewise provided the voice of the lead character within a Christmas television cartoon favorite entitled Robbie the Reindeer - Hooves of Fire. He is presently appearing in the BBC 1 sitcom Blessed.

Beyond the world of television, O'Hanlon is an accomplished writer, & has written the novel (A Talk of the Town - known in the United States when Knick Knack Paddy Whack) which was published within 1998.

Ardal occurs as massive football fan, and occurs as majestic supporter of English Championship team, Leeds United.