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Beaupark,
Monsktown,
Co. Dublin 22-11-15 Dear Hanna, I called to-day
at 20 to 1 O'C and couldn't
get in so I expect you
were not there. Let me know when I could
see you as I must get
this pamphlet in hands
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or Mrs. Gwynne will say I am
a slacker. Would Wednesday at
the door of the National Library
suit you? at 2.30 O'C sharp.
I have a meeting at 3 O'C &
that is near your tram line
I hope I am not bothering
you— Kind regards
I remain
Yours Sincerely,
Kathleen Cantwell
Letter from Kathleen Cantwell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) attempting to
arrange a meeting between the two.
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.