Seanad debates

Thursday, 16 December 2021

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

10:30 am

Photo of Barry WardBarry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I join with others in wishing everybody a happy Christmas. Obviously, it is a happy time of year for many but, unfortunately, a sad time for others. It is appropriate to mark the death last Sunday morning of Frank Callanan SC, who was a former colleague and friend of mine. We often like to say in Ireland that somebody is a gentleman and a scholar and that statement could not be truer of Frank Callanan. He was tremendously generous with his expertise, experience and time. When I worked in the office of Enda Kenny as legal adviser, Frank was an unending source of information, support and encouragement. He was also a scholar who wrote extensively. He edited a sesquicentennial history of the Literary and Historical Society in UCD, wrote about Charles Stewart Parnell and was a Joycean expert. He was somebody who contributed at all levels. His death tragically followed that of his father on Friday. He was preparing for his father's funeral when he died. It is appropriate to acknowledge and remember somebody who contributed so much and was such a lovely, gentle and considered person, as his funeral takes place tomorrow.

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