Dermot Honan

Politician

– 1986

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Who was Dermot Honan?

Dermot Patrick Honan was a Fianna Fáil politician from County Clare in Ireland who served as a senator for 8 years.

An licensed vinter 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, but his widow Tras Honan was elected as a senator in 1977, and in a 15-year career in Seanad Éireann she was twice elected as Cathaoirleach. His father T. V. Honan had been a senator from 1934 to 1954.

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Lived in
  • County Laois
Died
Jul 20, 1986

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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