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32, Harcourt Street Dublin Feb 26 1916 Dear Mrs Sheehy Skeffington Thanks
very much for the £2
received. Thursday Feb (March 2 nd)
at 4.00 PM will be suitable to me
if convenient for you. Of course, if you are suffering
pain, come at once. Yours Faithfully Edward J. Birmingham
Letter from Edward J. Birmingham to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877 - 1946). Birmingham
writes to thank Skeffington to confirm plans for a get together, though says if she
is truly suffering she can meet with him earlier.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.