Francis Sheehy-Skeffington

Francis Joseph Christopher Sheehy-Skeffington was an Irish writer and radical activist well known in Dublin in the decade before the 1916 Easter Rising. Through his speeches and freelance journalism, Sheehy-Skeffington campaigned for socialism, feminism and pacifism in Ireland. He was also a supporter of Irish independence, which brought him to the attention of the British authorities in Dublin and ultimately led to his illegal execution during the Rising.