Dermot Honan | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office June 1965 – June 1973 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | 20 July 1986 County Clare, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives |
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Dermot Patrick Honan (died 20 July 1986) was a Fianna Fáil politician from County Clare in Ireland who served as a senator for 8 years.[1]
A licensed vintner before entering politics, he was elected in 1965 to the 11th Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and was re-elected in 1969 to the 12th Seanad. He was defeated in the 1973 Seanad election,[1] but his wife Tras Honan was elected as a senator in 1977, and in a 15-year career in Seanad Éireann she was twice elected as Cathaoirleach.[2] His father T. V. Honan had been a senator from 1934 to 1954.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Dermot Honan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ↑ "Tras Honan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ↑ "Former Seanad Cathaoirleach Tras Honan dies aged 93". RTÉ News. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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