Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Francis Sheehy Skeffington

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From Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell regarding several different issues. After enquiring about his difficulties with censorship Skeffington writes that Countess Markievicz has been asked to register as an alien due to her husband's Russian nationality. Enclosed with the letter was a copy of a letter which Skeffington had sent to Lord Kitchener regarding the detention of baggage. Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 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. Laurence Ginnell (1852 – 1923) was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer, and member of parliament. He initially ran as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, but, from 1910 onward he ran as an Independent Nationalist.

National Library of Ireland Sheehy Skeffington Papers, Collection List No. 47; Ms 33,612/18-36 https://letters1916.ie/item/3955 English Francis Sheehy Skeffington 1916-02-13 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Laurence Ginnell Male 1916 World War I (1914-1918) Politics Law and Judiciary

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 11, Grosvner Place, Rathmines, Dublin Dear Mr.Ginnell, Many thanks for sending me the question about Ryan. I have not heard of his being molested since, so I presume the public inquiry was enough to warn them off. With regards to the other two points which I wrote to you about too late for last session, :&#x 2014 the Glasgow affair has been somewhat cleared up since; you will have seen the paragraph about it in nationally . the second youth arrested is called Reuder, not Reid. They are both charged, I am told with stealing explosives as regards my cable to Holland witch was stopped, perhaps you would be good enough to ask wether any cables to Holland which was stopped perhaps you would be good enough to ask wheter any cables sent by me have been stopped and whether the money paid for them will be returned besides this one cable which I know was stopped I suspect that two others (sent by me to the united states) have also been held up; and perhaps a general query might elicit some information about these. Countess Markievicz has been told by police that she must register as an alien, &#x 2014 her husband being Russian subject, of course she takes his nationality she has never been asked to register since the beginning of the war till now. she refuses to register and is awaiting the next move of the police I enclose a copy of my letter to Kitchener on the detention of baggage which may amuse you. Laurence Ginnell Letter from Laurence Ginnell, 9 December 1915Letter from Laurence Ginnell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 19 May 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 24 January 1916 Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Frongoch to Laurence J. Ginnell, 8 October 1916 Francis Sheehy Skeffington Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Con Lehane, 8 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916Letter from May O'Callaghan to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 18 November 1915Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Dr Gertrude Kelly, 8 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 24 January 1916 Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to John Francis Byrne, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Edith Mary Sanderson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 February 1916Postcard from Percy J. Gillespie to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hannah Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 7 December 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 February 1916.Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 31 March 1916Card to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 30 March 1916Letter from Séan P Campbell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 10 November 1915Letter from Máire Ní Catháin to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 13 November 1915Letter from Mary Hayden to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 16 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916Letter from F. Haughton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington on 21 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916Letter from Helen Morony to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington , 4 December 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916