Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Francis Sheehy Skeffington

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Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington regarding various topics, ranging from literature to politics. Francis also mentions the censorship of his correspondence and that he has bee feeling unwell recently. 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. Joseph Bartholomew Skeffington (1850-1919) was a school inspector and father of Francis Sheehy Skeffington. Francis was privately educated by his father who believed that education, logic and discipline solved all problems.

 National Library of Ireland Sheehy Skeffington Papers, Collection List No. 47; Ms 33,612/18-18 https://letters1916.ie/item/3956 English Francis Sheehy Skeffington 1916-01-30 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Joseph Bartholomew Skeffington Male 1916 Politics Personal Relations Culture and the Arts

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 11,Grosvenor place, Rathmines,Dublin. 30 — 1 — 16. My Dear Father, Many thanks for your letter and enclosure, here duly on Friday Lire all of other letters that reach me, it bore obvious signs of having been steamed and re-gummed. As for American letters, I have pri— vate information that some letters which left Ireland early in decem— ber (just after the new and rigorous censorship was instituted ) were detained in Liverpool till last week! This in itself, apart from probable detention, would greatly interrupt correspondence. A letter i sent to Holland took 13 days to arrive; the reply took nine days to reach me; these letters are openly censored, — that is to say, they are marked "Opened by censor" when they arrive. A cable I sent to Holland was never delivered at all; I am having question asked about this, and claiming refund of the fee; but I do not expect to get any satisfaction O'Neill's vote for the mayoralty leaves me little prospect for that position I mentioned; but I am continuing my canvass of the Cor— poration, less with any expectation of this particular post than with a view to remaining them of my existence in case anything else turns up. Murray, the cauces candidates, is certain to get it. Whether I will let my name go forward to a vote depends on the number of pro— mises I can get. My article on "A Forgotten Small Nationality" (written in septem— ber and paid for in October!) will appear in the "Century Magazine" for February. I have a had a touch of cold and sore throat the last few days (which I never had in America, though — or because! — I was using my throat a great deal more over there. Otherwise we are all in good form. I hope you are keeping well yourself. The weather is much milder these last few days. I have read Haig's books, and thought them rather extreme; shal I post them too you? they are very suggestive, however. 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