Sylvia Meehan (2 April 1929[2] – 6 September 2018) was an Irish campaigner for the rights of women and older people.
She gained her education first in the Loreto Sisters at North Great George's Street and then attended University College Dublin where she studied legal and political science.
She married and when her husband Denis died in 1969 she began her career working as a teacher of English and History in the Cabinteely School.
[5][4][6] Meehan joined the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland where she went on to become vice president, and became active in the women's movement.
She was president and founder of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament and on the National Council on Ageing and Older People.