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59 Hollybank Road, Drumcondra 25.1.16 Dear Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington Of course
I will be
only too pleased to sing for you
on Feb. 20th. The song's title:â
'Antrim Glen Song.' Would you mind not letting any
outsiders know that I'm singing
free on this occasion as I generally
get paid for all concerts now? But
naturally you being a friend of mine makes
a big difference. le meas mór Fay Sargent p.s. Where is the concert to
be held?
Letter from Fay Sargent to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) to accept her request
to sing at the latest concert, though Sargent asks Skeffington not to announce that
she is singing for free as Sargent usually charges for her performances. Hanna Sheehy
Skeffington, 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.