President unveils a plaque acknowledging Irish suffragettes

Wed 13th Jun, 2018 | 14:00
location: Dublin Castle
President unveils a plaque acknowledging Irish suffragettes

The President unveiled a plaque commemorating Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Irish suffragette.

The ceremony took place place at the site where, on 13 June 1912, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and a number of members of the Irish Women’s Franchise League, broke windows in the Government buildings as a form of protest. The women were arrested and imprisoned for a month.