T. V. Honan
T. V. Honan | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 21 April 1948 – 14 August 1951 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| In office 14 August 1951 – 22 July 1954 | |
| In office 27 April 1938 – 21 April 1948 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Senator | |
| In office 12 December 1934 – 29 May 1936 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Vincent Honan 20 October 1878 County Clare,Ireland |
| Died | 21 October 1954(aged 76) Waterford,Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Children | Dermot Honan |
| Relatives | Tras Honan(daughter-in-law) |
| Profession | |
Thomas Vincent Honan[1](20 October 1878 – 21 October 1954), known asT. V. Honan,was aSinn Féinactivist and later aFianna Fáilpolitician inIrelandwho served as asenatorfor 20 years.[2]
He was a shopkeeper who owned a licensed premises in O'Connell Square inEnnis.He was a friend ofÉamon de Valeraand chaired the gathering at O'Connell Square Ennis in his election campaign (1917), introducing de Valera.[3]His home and premises were shelled and burned by irregular British Army Troops in 1921.[4]
He was elected in 1934 toSeanad Éireann(nominated by de Valera), for the standard nine-year term which applied under theConstitution of the Irish Free State,but his term was cut short when theFree State Seanadwas abolished in May 1936. However, the Seanad was re-established under the newConstitution of Irelandwhich was adopted in 1937, he wasnominated by the Taoiseachin 1938 to the2nd Seanad,[5]and remained in the Senate until he stood down at the 1954 election. For the6th Seanadfrom 1948 to 1951, he was elected by theIndustrial and Commercial Panel.
His sonDermotwas a senator from 1965 to 1973, and Dermot's widowTraswas a senator from 1977 to 1992. She was twice elected asCathaoirleach.[6]
He died in 1954 and de Valera came to Ennis to lead the funeral procession.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"In Committee on Finance. - Clare Castle Pier Bill, 1933—Second Stage. – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Tuesday, 27 Jun 1933 – Tithe an Oireachtais".
- ^"Thomas Honan".Oireachtas Members Database.Retrieved6 February2008.
- ^https://talktojoe.blogspot.com/p/clare-history.html,https://web.archive.org/web/20211230014133/https://talktojoe.blogspot.com/p/clare-history.html
- ^https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/archives/McMahon_Archival_Collection.pdf,McMahon Archival Collection, Clarelibrary (Web Archive)
- ^The2nd Seanad Éireannwas actually the first Seanad elected under the1937 constitution.This is because the Free State Seanad was considered to be in continuous session, since its members were elected for a period of nine years (reduced in 1928 from the original 12 years), with elections every three years for a those senators whose terms had expired. The Free State Seanad is therefore collectively known as the First Seanad.
- ^"Tras Honan".Oireachtas Members Database.Retrieved6 February2008.
- ^Cuímhneamh an Chláir, Eoin Mc Inerney Interview,https://www.clarememories.ie/archive/170/eoin-mcinerney.html(Archive)