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postcard photograph / Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Photograph of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. Irish Rebellion May 1916 postcard series.
photograph / Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Photograph mounted on card of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. Label: "From the Graphic, May 20th, 1916".
neck tie / Francis Sheehy Skeffington
Tie worn by Francis Sheehy Skeffington. Poplin, the ridges alternately in dark and light green. Retailer's tag of Peter Callaghan, 89 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin.
case / Francis Sheehy Skeffington
Pince-nez and case worn by Francis Sheehy Skeffington. Case aluminium, lined purple velvet. Spectacles silver mounted.
statement / Statement re property taken from F. Sheehy Skeffington's house, 1916
Typed statement given by Hanna Sheehy Skeffington regarding the property taken from the Sheehy Skeffingtons’ house, and from Francis Sheehy Skeffington's body after his shooting in Portobello Barracks, 26 April 1916 Typescript with her changes; 3pp.
letter / Portobello Barracks, 1916
Letter from a British soldier, written on the Thursday of Easter Week, 1916 from Portobello Barracks, Dublin signed J.B., incidental shooting of Francis Sheehy Skeffington with envelope addressed to Miss Lyden, 104 Marlborough Rd., Donnybrook, Dublin. 4 pp. Note in pencil in top left corner...
photograph / Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Postcard photograph of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington 'arrested on Easter Monday, 1916, and shot without trial at Portobello Barracks, April 26th'. Part of the Irish Rebellion 1916 postcard series.
newspaper article / Sheehy Skeffington / Bowen Colthurst, 1916
1916 newspaper cutting. Mrs. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Captain Bowen Colthurst, Daily Sketch (photographs), 8 June 1916.
resource / Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, 1916
An appreciation of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington by Robert Lynd. Xeroxprint of pages from The Ploughshare (London) Vol. 1, No. 5, June 1916 including p.1 (editorial), pp. 141-144 (incl.) being Lynd's article & illustration.
portrait / Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. Original pen and ink drawing - based on photograph supplied by Hanna - signed H, used to illustrate Lynd's article in The Ploughshare, June 1916.
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...
newspaper / The Irish Citizen, July 1916
Copy (photostat) of 'The Irish Citizen'. Memorial Number, Vol.4, No.38, July, 1916. "The Irish Citizen." was founded by Francis Sheehy-Skeffington and J. H. Cousins, the Irish poet. Edited by Sheehy-Skeffington from 1912 until his death, continued until 1921 when office raided by Black and Tans and...
portrait / Sir Francis Vane
Sir Francis Vane, portrait of, photo. Second in command, Portobello Barracks, who exerted himself to bring Capt. Bowen-Colthurst to justice, but was himself superseded. Given to Mrs. Skeffington for her son, Owen, July, 1916. Signed.
pin badge / Votes for Women, 1908-1916
Badge worn by Francis Sheehy Skeffington and taken from his coat after his death in 1916. Metal, covered celluloid white, with "Votes for Women I.W.F.L." in green.
photograph / Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1915
Portrait photograph of Francis Sheehy Skeffington. Taken while in U.S.A. on lecture tour, 1915. He went there after his arrest , imprisonment and hunger strike in Mountjoy jail. Released under "Cat and Mouse" Act.
postcard photograph / Francis Sheehy Skeffington
Postcard photograph, black and white, Irish Rebellion, May 1916 Series. Francis Sheehy Skeffington. Published and Printed by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin. One of a collection of postcards relating to the 1916 Rising, leaders, aftermath, Kilmainham Jail and the executions....
flag / R.A.M.C., 1916 Rising
Red Cross flag of the Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army) used with a Guinness lorry during the 1916 Rising in Dublin city to transport the injured to hospitals, and at Portobello Barracks. The donor, James Geoghan, served with the above unit and was in charge of the burial and disinternment of...
photograph / Bowen-Colthurst courtmartial, June 1916
Cuttings of newspaper photographs, taken at the Bowen-Colthurst courtmartial, June 1916. Relating to the murder of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington.