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Clougarry,
Gashislaue,
Letchworth,
Herto
May 12th '16
Dear Miss Sheehy Skeffington, Pray we ask you
to accept the deep
sympathy which we
feel for you in the
in the irreperable.
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loss which has befallen
you, -- and Ireland.
we are unspeakably
shocked and grieved,
and most indignant
at this last lawless
and aimless tragedy
and at the inhuman
way in which you your-
self have been treated;
and feel more than
we can put into words,
for you and your little boy.
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Very sincerely yours, Anne Harvey Shackleton,
(Mrs Abraham Shackleton)
Isabella Harvey
Irishwomen.
Letter from Isabella and Anne Harvey Shackleton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946)
offering their condolences and sympathy regarding the murder of Hanna's husband, Francis
Sheehy-
Skeffington (1878-1916), during Easter Week.
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 and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that
the full details of his execution emerged.