Hannah Tyrrell

Hannah Tyrrell
Date of birth (1990-08-10) 10 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthDublin
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight67 kg (10st 7lb)
SchoolColáiste Bríde
UniversityTrinity College, Dublin
University College Dublin
Rugby union career
Position(s) Out-half, full-back
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Old Belvedere ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014– Leinster ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2021  Ireland 19
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
201x–  Ireland

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]

  1. ^ "'The self-harm was so severe and frequent I'd be in A&E for hours waiting for stitches'". www.the42.ie. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Hannah Tyrrell". ie.linkedin.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Versatile Hannah Tyrrell so grateful for her sporting life". www.irishtimes.com. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.