movement death_place death_date birth_place other_names birth_date organization image article_title name alma_mater
women 's suffrage , pacifism/anti-conscription , irish independence portobello barracks , dublin 26 april 1916 bailieborough , county cavan francis skeffington , ` skeffy ' 23 december 1878 united local government association , irish citizen army irish league , irish women 's suffrage and francissheehy-skeffington . gif francis sheehy-skeffington
 francis sheehy-skeffington university college dublin
francis sheehy-skeffington

francis skeffington -lrb- 23 december 1878 -- 26 april 1916 -rrb- 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 '' .
