Dermot Honan
Senator
In office
June 1965  June 1973
ConstituencyIndustrial and Commercial Panel
Personal details
BornCounty Clare, Ireland
Died20 July 1986
County Clare, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
(m. 1960)
Children2
Relatives

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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References

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