Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Gerard Crofts

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In this card from Gerard Crofts (1889-1934) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) Crofts confirms his recitation for the upcoming concert and asks Skeffington if she is pleased with her advertising campaign. Gerard Crofts was known for writing and performing Republican songs and frequently sang at concerts and made gramophone recordings. He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914 and during the 1916 uprising was serving at the General Post Office in Dublin. 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.

 National Library of Ireland Sheehy Skeffington Papers, Collection List No. 47; MS 33,604/16-28 https://letters1916.ie/item/3463 English Gerard Crofts 1916-02-12 82 Camden Street, Dublin, Ireland Hanna Sheehy Skeffington 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Male 1934 Country and City Life Culture and the Arts

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 82 Camden St Dublin 12/2/16 Dear Mrs Skeffington You may put down Brian O'Higgins for "Who is Ireland's Enemy?" (Recitation by Brian Bauben) I shall call down to Westmoreland St Monday evening. I am glad to see you have advertised very well. we shall have a . with good wishes G B Crofts Mrs Sheehy Skeffington 11 Grosvenor Place Rathmines Dublin IF USED FOR TRANSMISSION TO ANY PLACE ABROAD TO WHICH THE 1d. RATE OF LETTER POSTAGE NOT APPLY, THE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED SHOULD BE PREPAID BY MEANS OF ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS. Gerard Crofts Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916 82 Camden Street, Dublin, Ireland Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hannah Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Letter from Gerard Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 10 March 1916Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Edith Mary Sanderson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 February 1916Postcard from Percy J. Gillespie to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hannah Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 7 December 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 February 1916.Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 31 March 1916Card to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 30 March 1916Letter from Séan P Campbell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 10 November 1915Letter from Máire Ní Catháin to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 13 November 1915Letter from Mary Hayden to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 16 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916Letter from F. Haughton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington on 21 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916Letter from Helen Morony to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington , 4 December 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916