What is recorded here
John O'Hanlon is a birthplace in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps the chess master born in 1876 first saw shadowed rooms as living boards where every creature must obey hidden law. Maybe he learned to see through others instead of judging them, which is why ordinary people still stumble into his clarity decades later.
Why this person is known: Irish chess master (1876-1960)
- Birthplace
- Portadown
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PortadownVisitor information · 978 yd
(Former) Bank Of IrelandBank · 1156 yd
Portadown Railway StationMemorial · 1675 yd
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UNCERTAINUNCERTAIN, oval enclosure, unlocated · 2.0 mi
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