Charles Patrick Meehan (12 July 1812 – 14 March 1890) was an Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor.
From materials gathered while in Wicklow, he compiled a "History of the O'Tooles, Lords Powerscourt", published without his name and long out of print.
His other works are: Meehan also wrote "Tales for the Young", and translated others which he named "Flowers from Foreign Fields".
It gave a new and romantic name, "The Flight of the Earls" to an event that was known in Gaelic as "The Departure of the Chiefs of Ulster".
According to a newspaper The Limerick Vindicator - "Father Meehan .... boldly lifts the veil off those foul and treacherous deeds which fill some of the blackest pages in Ireland's disastrous history" He also published a biography of Mangan in 1884.