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1, WARWICK TERRACE, LEESON PARK, DUBLIN. Feb. 22nd Dear Mrs Skeffington. I was not able to
make use of the tickets
you send, but enclose
2/â for the fund. Sincerely Yours, E. Buchanan
Letter from Emily Buchanan (1866-1933) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) informing
Skeffington that she was not able to make use of the tickets she gave her for the
concert. 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.