Francis Joseph Christopher Sheehy-Skeffington was an Irish writer and radical activist well known in Dublin in the decade before the 1916 Easter Rising. Through his speeches and freelance journalism, Sheehy-Skeffington campaigned for socialism, feminism and pacifism in Ireland.
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Hanna and Owen Sheehy-Skeffington, in 1916.
The shop at Kelly's Corner, as it appears today
The grave of Francis and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Francis Sheehy Skeffington, depicted on street art in Dublin, in the neighborhood of Rathmines where he lived and where he was killed.In their orbit 2
Writers born in the 1870s 6
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Francis Joseph Christopher Sheehy-Skeffington was an Irish writer and radical activist well known in Dublin in the decade before the 1916 Easter Rising. Through his speeches and freelance journalism, Sheehy-Skeffington campaigned for socialism, feminism and pacifism in Ireland. He was also a supporter of Irish independence, which brought him to the attention of the British authorities in Dublin and ultimately led to his illegal execution during the Rising.
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