Thomas V. Honan known as T. V. Honan, was a Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...

 politician in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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 who served as a senator

Seanad Éireann

Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...

 for 20 years.

He was elected in 1934 to Seanad Éireann

Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)

Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State from 1922–1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, or as the First Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were...

, for the standard nine-year term which applied under the Constitution of the Irish Free State

Constitution of the Irish Free State

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, but his term was cut short when the Free State Seanad

Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)

Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State from 1922–1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, or as the First Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were...

 was abolished in May 1936. However, the Seanad was re-established under the new Constitution of Ireland

Constitution of Ireland

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 which was adopted in 1937, he was nominated by the Taoiseach

Nominated by the Taoiseach

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 in 1938 to the 2nd Seanad, and remained in the Senate until he stood down at the 1954 election. For the 6th Seanad from 1948–51, he was elected by the Industrial and Commercial Panel.

His son Dermot

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...

 was a senator from 1965 to 1973, and Dermot's widow Tras

Tras Honan

Tras Honan is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician from Ennis in County Clare who served as a senator for 15 years and was elected to the position of Cathaoirleach on two occasions,...

 was a senator from 1977 to 1982. She was twice elected as Cathaoirleach

Cathaoirleach

Cathaoirleach is the title of the chairman of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Ireland. The current Cathaoirleach is Senator Paddy Burke...

(speaker).