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Posted on February 15, 2019September 14, 2023

Skeffington, Hanna Sheehy

commemorative plaque honouring Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, suffragette

This plaque at Dublin Castle, Ship Street, commemorates suffragette Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, who smashed windows at the Castle in the campaign for women’s suffrage.

Locate this plaque on Google maps.

Read Hanna Sheehy Skeffington’s biography in the Dictionary of Irish Biography.

The plaque was unveiled by President Michael D. Higgins on 13th June 2018.

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