Dermot Honan Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:23 June 1965
Term End:1 June 1973
Constituency:Industrial and Commercial Panel
Birth Place:County Clare, Ireland
Death Date:20 July 1986
Death Place:County Clare, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Fianna Fáil
Father:T. V. Honan
Relatives:Carrie Acheson (sister-in-law)
Children:2

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dermot Honan. Oireachtas Members Database. 6 February 2008.
  2. Web site: Tras Honan . Oireachtas Members Database . 6 February 2008.
  3. Web site: Former Seanad Cathaoirleach Tras Honan dies aged 93. RTÉ News. 26 November 2023. 27 November 2023.