Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Francis Skeffington (23 December 1878 – 26 April 1916) from Bailieborough, County Cavan, was an Irish suffragist, pacifist and writer. He was a friend and schoolmate of James Joyce, Oliver St John Gogarty, Tom Kettle, and Conor Cruise O'Brien's father, Frank O'Brien. He married Hanna Sheehy in 1903, whose own surname he adopted as part of his name, resulting in his being known as Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, and sometimes referred to as "Skeffy".
Read more about Francis Sheehy-Skeffington: Early Life, Career and Politics, The 1916 Rising, Arrest and Murder, Major Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, Burial, Public Inquiry, Conviction and Release of Bowen-Colthurst, Personal Papers, Works
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