Francis Sheehy Skeffington | |
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| Born | Francis Joseph Christopher Skeffington 23 December 1878 |
| Died | 26 April 1916 (aged 37) Portobello Barracks, Dublin |
| Other names | Francis Skeffington, 'Skeffy' |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Organization(s) | United Irish League, Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association, Irish Citizen Army |
| Movement | Women's suffrage, Pacifism/Anti-conscription, Irish independence |
| Spouse | Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington |
| Children | 1 |
Francis Joseph Christopher Skeffington (later Sheehy Skeffington; 23 December 1878 – 26 April 1916) was an Irish writer and radical activist, known also by the nickname "Skeffy".[1] He was a friend and schoolmate of James Joyce (and the real-life model for a character in Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man), Oliver St. John Gogarty, Tom Kettle, and Frank O'Brien (the father of Conor Cruise O'Brien). When he married Hanna Sheehy in 1903, he adopted her surname as part of his own, resulting in the name "Sheehy Skeffington". They always spelled their joined names unhyphenated, although many sources add the hyphen.[2]
- ^ Dara Redmond, "Officer who exposed pacifist's murder" Archived 16 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Irish Times, 26 August 2006 (accessed 29–31 March 2016).
- ^ "Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878-1916)". Ricorso.net. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.