Eddie Bohan

Background

Eddie Bohan was born on a small farm near the village of Drumlish, Company.Longford on the 23rd of November 1932 the third of seven children to James and Bridget Bohan.

Career

He is an auctioneer and publican, a former President of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, and a former chairman of Dublin Licensed Vintners. He was elected to the 18th Seanad in 1987 by the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and was returned to the Seanad in subsequent elections until he retired in 2007. At age 15 he left for Dublin to join his two older brothers and started working in a grocers shop in the city.

As he learned the retail trade he became involved in the confectionery business and by age 19 had a few vans on the road and a small factory producing sweets and fancy goods.

Achievements

• During this period he became Chairman of the Licensed Vintners Association who nominated him to run for election on the commercial and industrial panel in the 1986 Seanad elections where he won the first of his 5 election campaigns holding a seat for over 20 years.

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Eddie Bohan