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May 1916 This is to tell you that I am
simply heart broken. I am
dumbly with you. Fred is
doing all he can. No words
could possibly tell you what I feel E.P.L
E.P.L expresses their condolences in a letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946)
in May 1916 regarding the murder of her husband, Francis 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.