relic / Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1916

Portion of a brick in which is embedded a bullet, fired by the firing party which executed Mr Francis Sheehy Skeffington at Portobello Barracks, that passed through the body of the late Francis Sheehy Skeffington. With authenticating letter signed by F. McL. Scannell, December 1935 (NMI Archives). Information from Mr Frank Murray, grandson of Francis McLoughlan Scannell, was offered October 2015. Mr Murphy informed the museum that Scannell worked in the telecom area and worked as intelligence for Michael Collins, intercepting British communications. He also provided a photographic copy of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington's reply to Scannell. (in Archive).;