- Tras Honan
Tras Honan ("nee" Barlow) (born 4 January 1930) is a former Irish
Fianna Fáil politician fromEnnis inCounty Clare who served as a senator for 15 years and was elected to the position ofCathaoirleach (Speaker ofSeanad Éireann ) on two occasions,cite web |url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=20&MemberID=1939&ConstID=207 |title=Tras Honan |work=Oireachtas Members Database |accessdate=2008-01-31]Honan was born in
Dublin and educated at St. Leo's Covent,Carlow and at the Mercy Convent,Clonmel . Honan worked as a housewife and businesswoman before becoming active in politics.fact|date=January 2008In 1977, she was elected to the
14th Seanad as a Fianna Fáil candidate on theAdministrative Panel and served for 15 years until her defeat at the 1993 elections to the20th Seanad .cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3847 |title=Tras Honan |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2008-01-31] In 1982, in the short-lived16th Seanad , she was elected to the position ofCathaoirleach (Speaker of the Seanad), the first woman to hold the post. In 1983, in the17th Seanad , she was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach (Deputy-Speaker), and in 1987 (in the18th Seanad , she was re-elected as Cathaoirleach.Family
Honan is the widow of
Dermot Honan , a Senator from 1965 to 1975; his fatherT. V. Honan was also a Senator from 1934 to 1954. She is also a sister ofCarrie Acheson , a formerTeachta Dála .References
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