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Michael Calnan
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Michael Calnan (died 21 October 2025) was an Irish Labour Party politician from County Cork. He was a senator from 1993 to 1997.[1]
Key Information
A teacher and vice principal of the Maria Immaculata Secondary school in Dunmanway, he attended University College Cork where he obtained a B.A, H.dip Ed, and a master's degree.[citation needed] He was a long-serving member of Cork County Council for the Skibbereen electoral area.[2] He was chairman of the council from 1988 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993,[3] and stepped down at the 1999 local elections.[2]
Calnan stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Cork South-West constituency on three occasions, at the February 1982, 1992, and 1997 general elections. After his 1992 defeat, he stood in the 1993 elections to the 20th Seanad, winning a seat on the Agricultural Panel.[4] He did not contest the 1997 Seanad elections.[5]
His cousin is the former Labour TD for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy.[6]
Calnan died on 21 October 2025.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Michael Calnan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Roads and housing exercise the voters". The Irish Times. 31 May 1999. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "History of the Mayor". Cork County Council website. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "Michael Calnan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ "Seanad Election, July 1997: Agricultural Panel". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ a b Bacik, Ivana (22 October 2025). "Bacik expresses sympathy at death of former Labour Senator Michael Calnan". Labour. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Death notice of Michael Calnan". RIP.ie. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.