Eilis O'Hanlon

Eilis O'Hanlon (born 1965) is a Northern Irish journalist. She writes for the Sunday Independent. She co-authored, with her husband, Ian McConnel four novels under the pen name Ingrid Black.^[1] Her book, The Dead, published in 2003, was honored with the Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel. O'Hanlon's work appears in The Field Day Anthology of Irish Women's Writing.

O'Hanlon is known as one of Sinn Féin’s most ardent critics.^[2] She has also written of her opposition to emigration from Ireland, frequently arguing that this has damaged and continues to damage the nation,^[3] and has also voiced disapproval of transgender people in her work.^[4]

Family

Eilis is the daughter of Sam and Tess (née Cahill) O'Hanlon, and her uncle was the late Joe Cahill, an IRA volunteer and leader from the 1940s onwards. Her elder sister was the late PIRA volunteer and Sinn Féin politician, Siobhán O'Hanlon. The two sisters remained estranged at the time of Siobhán's death from breast cancer, as Eilis is staunchly anti-physical force republicanism and heavily critical of Sinn Féin.

Published works

• The Dead, Minotaur Books, 2004; ISBN 978-0-312-32632-6
• The Dark Eye, Headline Paperbacks, 2004; ISBN 978-0-7553-0704-3
• The Judas Heart, Penguin Books, 2007; ISBN 978-0-14-102530-8
• Circle Of The Dead, Penguin Books, 2008; ISBN 978-0-14-102531-5

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