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11 May
1916
Dear Mrs Skeffington I just called to
let you know that my
nephew Rojer Webb met
Mr Skeffington on Easter
Monday - Mr S. hold up
his hands & exclaimed This
should never have occurred -
it is deplorable or words to
that effect. Rojer thought
I should tell you in case
it might help any & show
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up the full iniquity. There is no use in
my multiplying words
You know you are in
my thoughts. Please ask
us for any help we can
give you. Truly
Josephine Webb 11th May 1916
Josephine Webb writes to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) on 11 May 1916 to say
that her son had seen Sheehy Skeffington's husband, Francis Sheehy Skeffington, on
Easter Monday and relayed what he said to her son to Sheehy Skeffington.
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) suffragette, nationalist, language teacher,
was the founder of the Irish Women’s Franchise League and a founding member of the
Irish Women Workers’ Union. She 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.