Francis Sheehy-Skeffington

Francis Skeffington from County Cavan, was an Irish Roman Catholic suffragist and pacifist. He was a friend of Conor Cruise O'Brien's father and was married to one of O'Brien's aunts (neé Hanna Sheehy), whose own surname he took as part of his name, resulting in his being known as Francis Sheehy-Skeffington.

Related Topics:
County Cavan - Irish - Roman Catholic - Suffragist - Pacifist - Conor Cruise O'Brien

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In 1916, he was executed on the orders of an Irish-born British officer, Colonel Bowen-Colthurst, who was adjudged insane for the multiple murders he committed and ordered during the week of the Easter Rising as he sought out "Fenians", which included a young boy and a Sinn Féin politician, Richard O'Carroll. Bowen-Colthurst was sent to a hospital in Canada, but eventually released with a pension. Francis Sheehy-Skeffington was survived by his wife, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, who became increasingly nationalist-minded, and his son, the now-deceased Owen Sheehy-Skeffington, who would eventually play a moderate role in Irish politics and who also attended Sandford Park School with his cousin, Conor Cruise O'Brien.

Related Topics:
British officer - Colonel Bowen-Colthurst - Easter Rising - Fenians - Sinn Féin - Canada - Nationalist - Sandford Park School - Conor Cruise O'Brien

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