Career
Martin made his first appearance for the team during the 1986-1987 National League and remained a stalwart of the team until his retirement after the 1999 championship. In 1994 Hanamy captained the team to the All-Ireland title. At club level Hanamy is a one-time Leinster medalist with the Saint Ryangh"s club
Club
After enjoying some success in the various juvenile grades, Hanamy made the Saint Ryangh"s senior team by the mid-1980s.
In 1990 Hanamy was club captain when Saint Ryangh"s defeated Birr to give him a second county championship medal. After surrendering the title, Saint Ryangh"s bounced back in 1992.
A defeat of Lusmagh gave Hanamy his third county championship. Inter-county
Hanamy was selected for the Offaly minor and under 21 hurling sides. however, he was unlucky in missing out on a really big prize.
Hanamy made his senior hurling debut for Offaly in 1987.
From 1988 to 1990 he collected three consecutive Leinster titles, however, Offaly were defeated in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final on all three occasions. In the 1989 All-Ireland semi-final Offaly embarrassingly lost to an unfancied Antrim who were later trounced by Tipperary in the championship decider. Two years later in 1991 Hanamy captured a National Hurling League title, Offaly"s first, and the future was looking brighter.
Offaly later progressed to the All-Ireland final where they played Limerick.
With four minutes to go Offaly were trailing by five points, however, a scoring spree in the remaining time resulted in the side actually winning the game by 6 points. In 1995 Hanamy captured another Leinster medal.
The game itself against Kilkenny was regarded as the best game of the year and is regarded as one of the greatest games of all-time by some for the sheer level of skill displayed by both teams. 1998 proved to be a controversial year for Offaly.
Hanamy"s side reached the Leinster final but lost to Kilkenny.
This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned. lieutenant looked as if Offaly’s championship hopes were in disarray, however, they overcame Antrim in the All-Ireland quarter-final and qualified to meet Clare in the semi-final. The first game ended in a draw and had to be replayed, however, the replay was ended early because of a time-keeping error by the referee.
Following a protest on the pitch of Croke Park by the Offaly supporters it was decided that Clare and Offaly would meet for a third time.
Offaly reversed the Leinster final defeat by winning the All-Ireland final by 6 points. In 1999 Offaly once again reached the latter stages of the All-Ireland championship, however, they were beaten by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Hanamy retired from inter-county hurling following this defeat.
