Peter Callanan

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]

Peter Callanan
Senator
In office 17 September 1997 – 11 October 2009
Constituency	Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born	(1935-06-29)29 June 1935 Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
Died	11 October 2009(2009-10-11) (aged 74) Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Sheila Callanan
Children	6

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]