Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916
Rathmines. 1-II.-16. Dear Sir, I have now heard from both Lady Ernestine Hunt's co-guarantors
Neither of them is willing to continue the responsibility without a
third name to replace that of Lady Ernestine. I am therefore con-
tinuing my research for a suitable signatory. Francis Sheehy Skeffington
Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington regarding his search for signatory. Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878-1916), journalist, was a prominent feminist, activist and co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise league in 1908. In 1912, he and his wife, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946), founded the suffragist newspaper The Irish Citizen. A staunch pacifist and nationalist, Sheehy Skeffington opposed Irish involvement in the Great War. During the Easter Rising, he attempted to organise a civilian defence force to prevent looting and saved the life of a British officer under fire. Arrested on the evening of Tuesday 25 April 1916, Sheehy Skeffington and two other civilians were shot by firing squad on the morning of Wednesday 26 April.
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__3940.html)
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- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Con Lehane, 8 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916
- Letter from May O'Callaghan to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 18 November 1915
- Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Dr Gertrude Kelly, 8 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 24 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to John Francis Byrne, 14 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916
- Place
- 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Edith Mary Sanderson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 February 1916
- Postcard from Percy J. Gillespie to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916
- Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hannah Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916
- Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915
- Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 7 December 1915
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916
- Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 February 1916.
- Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916
- Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916
- Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 31 March 1916
- Card to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 30 March 1916
- Letter from Séan P Campbell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 10 November 1915
- Letter from Máire Ní Catháin to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 13 November 1915
- Letter from Mary Hayden to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 16 November 1915
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916
- Letter from F. Haughton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington on 21 November 1915
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916
- Letter from Helen Morony to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington , 4 December 1915
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916
- Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916