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Mrs Sheehy Skeffington 1916 Dear Mrs. S. I see a card
from Mrs L. saying
she can't come on
Sat. better ask
Miss Laghan
for her table
when asking
for chairs.
Leaving this
card fearful
I wouldn't
seem youtonight Mrs Katie Keevey
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Katie Keevey writes to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington concerning a declined invitation.
She suggests asking a fellow attendee if they can sit at her table. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
(1877-1946), suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the widow of Francis
Sheehy-Skeffington (who was summarily executed on 26 April 1916). She was active during
the Rising, bringing food to the Volunteers in the G.P.O. and the College of Surgeons.
Four days passed before she found out what had happened to her husband, Francis (1878-1916),
and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that the full details of his execution
emerged.