A Small collection of Material Comprising: A Manuscript Poem Titled the Spade with Signature P.A. Meehan; A Mss. Letter to Meehan from John V. Hughes; A Mss, Page with Details of Land in Various Townalnds in Laois & Two Other Items Circa 1899

The two other items consist ot an incomplete typed sheet with information on Laois Townlands. This is dated 1899 and two P.A. Meehan official receipts with perforation line between them and both unused. With the exception of the incomplet pringed sheet the rest of the material is good. Patrick Aloysius Meehan (1852 - 10 May 1913) was an Irish Parliamentary Party (Home Rule 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. He was succeeded as MP by his son, a solicitor, who was returned unopposed to the constituency. Meehan married in 1874 and had eight sons and two daughters. He was a wine and spirit merchant 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. He was a member of the Committee of Management of Queen's County Asylum and chairman of the county council of Queen's County. He was also one of the Founding fathers of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).…