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9 Feb 2016 Dear Mrs Skeffington When is the next
rehearsal? I am so sorry
I was late on Sunday Yours sincerely Helena Molony
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Mrs. Skeffington Irish Womens Franchise League Westmoreland St.
Postcard from Helena Molony (1883-1967) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877 - 1946)
in which Molony inquires about the date of the next rehearsal for the upcoming fundraising
concert and apologises for being late on the previous Sunday.Helena Molony was a republican,
feminist and labour activist. She was a founder member of Inghinide na hEireann, a
member of the Irish Citizen Army and a close colleague of James Connolly and Countess
Markievicz. She was part of the garrison of rebels who seized City Hall during the
Easter Rising and was imprisoned in Aylesbury prison until December 1916. 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.