"Francis Sheehy-Skeffington"

Date

c. 1916

Artist/Maker

Powell Press

Technique

Printed

Dimensions

Length: 13.7cm
Width: 8.9cm

Caption

A commemorative postcard of Francis Skeffington. Skeffington was an Irish suffragist, pacifist and writer. Francis Skeffington took no part in the the rising but was arrested along with two other civilians, taken to Portobello Barracks and shortly thereafter shot by firing squad. The orders were given by a British officer, Captain Bowen-Colthurst. Colthurst was formally court-martial on June 6th. He was found guilty but insane and incarcerated in Broadmoor Criminal Asylum. Colthurst spent 20 months there, then emigrated to Canada to retire on a military pension.

Credit

Fermanagh County Museum Collection

Object number

FCM_2009_115