Anniversary of murder of Francis Sheehy Skeffington commemorated

Dublin, 26 April 1914 - The first anniversary of the murder of Francis Sheehy Skeffington was commemorated today when the front of the Irish Women’s Franchise League offices was draped in remembrance material.

The offices are in a building on Westmoreland Street, and the remembrance took the form of the name of the deceased being printed in large white letters on a black surface bordered with green and yellow colours. Two green and yellow flags were also displayed in the windows of the organisation with which Sheehy Skeffington was so heavily identified.

Francis Sheehy Skeffington was arrested during the Easter Rising while he was trying to prevent looters who were active in the city centre. He was executed two days later while in British custody at Portobello Barracks.

[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]