Meehan married in 1874 and had eight sons and two daughters.[1] His profession was a wine and spirit merchant.[2]
In May 1880 he was chairman of Maryborough Town Commissioners where he helped set up the local Land League. He subsequently joined the National Land League.[3]
He was a member of the Committee of Management of Queen's County Asylum[1] and chairman of the county council of Queen's County. In addition he held the chairs of the
Committee of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
patrick, meehan, irish, politician, born, 1852, patrick, aloysius, meehan, 1852, 1913, irish, parliamentary, party, leix, division, queen, county, ireland, parliament, united, kingdom, great, britain, ireland, from, 1906, election, until, death, succeeded, pat. Patrick Aloysius Meehan 1852 10 May 1913 was an Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Leix Division of Queen s County Ireland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 1906 election until his death 1 He was succeeded as MP by his son Patrick Joseph Meehan a solicitor who was returned unopposed to the constituency Meehan married in 1874 and had eight sons and two daughters 1 His profession was a wine and spirit merchant 2 In May 1880 he was chairman of Maryborough Town Commissioners where he helped set up the local Land League He subsequently joined the National Land League 3 He was a member of the Committee of Management of Queen s County Asylum 1 and chairman of the county council of Queen s County In addition he held the chairs of the Committee of Agriculture and Technical Instruction Queen s County Infirmary Committee 1 References edit a b c d Obituaries Mr Patrick Meehan The Times 12 May 1913 pg9 col C Royal Commission Whisky The Times 23 June 1908 pg5 col F House Of Commons The Times 18 May 1881 pg8External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Patrick MeehanParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byMark MacDonnell Member of Parliament for Leix Division of Queen s County1906 1913 Succeeded byPatrick Meehan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Patrick Meehan Irish politician born 1852 amp oldid 911583997, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
