Patrick Shaw | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | August 1923 |
Term End: | January 1933 |
Constituency: | Longford–Westmeath |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1872 |
Birth Place: | County Westmeath, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Westmeath, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Cumann na nGaedheal |
Spouse: | Mary Galligan |
Children: | 6 |
Education: | Castleknock College |
Patrick Walter Shaw (15 February 1872 – 14 September 1940) was an Irish politician and businessman. He owned several premises in Mullingar (and a number of racehorses) and sat on a number of public bodies, including Mullingar Town Commissioners and Westmeath County Council.
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1923 general election.[1] He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he retired from politics at the 1933 general election.[2]
He was married to Mary Galligan, and they had six children; four sons and two daughters. One of his sons was Francis Shaw, a Jesuit priest, Celtic scholar and historian.[3]