Dermot Honan

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]

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,^[1] 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 (speaker).^[2] His father T. V. Honan had been a senator from 1934 to 1954.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mr. Dermot Patrick Honan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
↑ "Tras Honan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2008-02-06.

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Cathaoirleach Michael Yeats (FF) Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF)

Administrative Panel	Liam Ahern (FF) Richard Belton (FG) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Jack Garrett (FF) Patrick Malone (FG) Patrick Norton (FF) Patrick J. Reynolds (FG)

Agricultural Panel	Pierce Butler (FG) John Doyle (FF) Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) John Mannion, Jnr (FG) James Martin (FF) Charles McDonald (FG) Patrick McGowan (FF) Andy O'Brien (FG) Micheál Prendergast (FG) Patrick W. Ryan (??) William Ryan (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Kit Ahern (FF) John Kelly (FG) John J. Nash (FF) Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Michael Yeats (FF)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Ruairí Brugha (FF) Eileen Desmond (Lab) James Dooge (FG) Denis Farrelly (FG) Alexis FitzGerald, Snr (FG) Dermot Honan (FF) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) Ted Russell (Ind) Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Labour Panel	John Boland (FG) Seán Brosnahan (Ind) Jimmy Dunne (Lab) Joseph Farrell (FF) Des Hanafin (FF) Fintan Kennedy (Lab) Mark Killilea, Jnr (FF) Michael Lyons (FG) William O'Brien (FG) Evelyn Owens (Lab) Seán Walsh (FF)

National University of Ireland	Bryan Alton (Ind) John Horgan (Lab) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William J.E. Jessop (Ind) Mary Robinson (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	John J. Brennan (FF) Micheál Cranitch (FF) Brendan Crinion (FF) Peggy Farrell (FF) Thomas Flanagan (Ind) Michael Gallanagh (FF) Neville Keery (FF) Farrell McElgunn (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Terence O'Sullivan (FF) William Sheldon (Ind)

Elected or nominated later	1970 Cornelius O'Callaghan (FF) Seán Keegan (FF) Trevor West (Ind)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

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Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF)

Administrative Panel	Liam Ahern (FF) Kieran Egan (FF) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Jack McQuillan (NPD) Patrick O'Reilly (FG) Éamon Rooney (FG) Patrick Teehan (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) Patrick Malone (FG) John Mannion, Snr (FG) James Martin (FF) Charles McDonald (FG) Patrick McGowan (FF) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) Patrick W. Ryan (??) William Ryan (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) John J. Nash (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Michael O'Kennedy (FF) Ben O'Quigley (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	John J. Brennan (FF) John Conlan (FG) Mary Davidson (Lab) Garret FitzGerald (FG) Thomas Flanagan (Ind) Dermot Honan (FF) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG) Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Labour Panel	Seán Brosnahan (Ind) Seán Browne (FF) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Séamus Dolan (FF) James Dooge (FG) Joseph Farrell (FF) Mark Killilea, Snr (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) Dominick Murphy (Lab) John Ormonde (FF)

National University of Ireland	Bryan Alton (Ind) Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William J.E. Jessop (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Kit Ahern (FF) Gerald Boland (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Joseph Lenehan (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) James Ryan (FF) William Sheldon (Ind) Michael Yeats (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1968 Farrell McElgunn (FF)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party NPD: National Progressive Democrats Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

Dermot Honan

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