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BEAUPARK
MONKSTOWN,
CO. DUBLIN. 20/2/16 Dear Hannah, I enclose p.o 2/= for
the tickets. I can seldom
get out on Sunday but
I am sending three friends.
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I am sure it will be good.
I enjoyed the play when I
read it. In haste (I am off to Limck
to a Wedding) tomorrow— Yours Sincerely K. Cantwell
Card from Kathleen Cantwell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946). Cantwell encloses
money for the tickets she has purchased. She expresses regret that she cannot attend
the showing, though she has three friends who will be attending. She assures Hanna
that the play will be good, as she enjoyed it when she read it.
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.