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Showing all text quotesBirth: | 23rd December, 1878 |
Death: | 26th April, 1916 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Profession: | Pacifist, Suffragist, Writer |
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Francis Skeffington from Bailieborough, County Cavan, was an Irish suffragist, pacifist and writer. He was a friend and schoolmate of James Joyce, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Tom Kettle, and Conor Cruise O'Brien's father, Frank O'Brien. He married Hanna Sheehy in 1903, whose own surname he adopted as part of his name, resulting in his being known as Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, and sometimes referred to as "Skeffy".
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