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Peter Callanan

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Peter Callanan
Senator
In office
17 September 1997 – 11 October 2009
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Personal details
Born(1935-06-29)29 June 1935
Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
Died11 October 2009(2009-10-11) (aged 74)
Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseSheila Callanan
Children6

Peter Callanan (29 June 1935 – 11 October 2009) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and served as a member of Seanad Éireann from 1997 until his death in 2009.[1]

Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Callanan was educated in Mount Melleray College, County Waterford. He was a farmer in Innishannon, County Cork.

A member of Cork County Council from 1979 to 2004, He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1981 general election for the Cork South-West constituency, and was also an unsuccessful candidate at the 1993 Seanad election. Callanan was elected to the 21st Seanad in 1997 by the Agricultural Panel, and re-elected in 2002 to the 22nd Seanad and in 2007 to the 23rd Seanad.[2]

Callanan died on 11 October 2009. He was married to Sheila Callanan and they had six children.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Callanan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Peter Callanan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ^ "FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork". RTÉ News. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.