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unusual facts about Francis Sheehy-Skeffington


Francis Sheehy-Skeffington

A Dublin-born major in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, was in overall charge of defence at Portobello Barracks but was not present when these executions took place.


Algernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene

Skeffington was the eldest son of Clotworthy John Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene by Florence Whyte-Melville, only daughter of Major George Whyte-Melville.

They had one son, John Whyte-Melville-Skeffington, who succeeded as 13th Viscount.

Peter Tyrrell

The manuscript came to light in 2004 when historian Diarmuid Whelan was archiving the papers of Sheehy-Skeffington.


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