Letter from Owen Sheehy Skeffington (1909-1970) to his mother Hanna Sheehy Skeffingto n(1877-1946) to thank her for a recent letter with a photograph of his father enclosed. Owen Sheehy Skeffington (1909-1970) is the son of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Francis Sheehy Skeffington. A child during the revolution, he would grow up to be a university lecturer and senator. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 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.