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Grange Con
Co Wicklow May 18th 1916 Dear Mrs Sheehy Skeffington I trust you will
allow me to assure you of
my deep and sincere sympathy
in your heavy sorrow at the
cruel and undeserved death
of your late husband. The last
time I met him was at a meeting
in the National Concert Rooms
during the Labour troubles, when
he kindly proposed a vote of
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thanks to me for presiding. Believe me Yours sincerely O'Mahony
O'Mahony writes to Hanna Sheehy Skeffinton (1877-1946) on 18 May 1916 in order to
extend their condolences for the death of Sheehy Skeffington's husband, Francis.
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.