Date of birth | 10 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (10st 7lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Coláiste Bríde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Trinity College, Dublin University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hannah Tyrrell is an Ireland women's rugby union international. Tyrrell represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was also a member of the Ireland team that won the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship. Tyrrell is also an Ireland women's rugby sevens international. She has also played two other football codes at a senior level. As a women's association football player, Tyrrell played for St Catherine's in two FAI Women's Cup finals and played for Shamrock Rovers in the Women's National League. She also plays senior Ladies' Gaelic football for Dublin in the Ladies' National Football League.
In 2015 Tyrrell first spoke publicly about her teenage struggles with mental health and an eating disorder and how playing sport helped her recovery. She is an ambassador for the Tackle Your Feelings campaign headed by the Irish Rugby Union Players Association.[1][2][3]