Michael Manahan was a prominent Irish civil servant, within the Department of Industry and Commerce. He played a pioneering role in all aspects of marine science and technology in Ireland spanning three decades. In recognition of this work the Irish Marine Institute created the prestigious Manahan Fellowship of €100,000, which supports original research in Marine Science Policy, Socio-Economics and Law of the Sea.

Michael Manahan served as a member of the Board of the Marine Institute from 1992 until his death in February 2000. As the former Head of the Science and Technology Division in the Department of the Taoiseach, he had a broad experience of science and technology at national and international level.

His daughter, Michele Manahan, is a writer for the Irish soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

, Fair City

Fair City

Fair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...

. His sister is Irish actress Anna Manahan

Anna Manahan

Anna Maria Manahan was an Irish stage, film and television actress. She interpreted the works of, among others, Sean O'Casey, John B Keane, J. M. Synge, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Martin McDonagh, Christy Brown, and Brian Friel....

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External links

• http://mri.nuigalway.ie/marinelaw/fellowship.html
• Irish Marine Institute