Thursday 13 August 2015

Sir Francis Vane : Letters of 1916

Following his reporting of the murders of Franics Sheehy-Skeffington and journalists McIntyre and Dickinson, Sir Francis Vane was given a rough deal by the British Army who appear to have wanted things covered up.

The Letters of 1916 site has a couple of documents from Sir Francis Vane re his service during the Rising and subsequent "unemployment" which make for interesting reading :

Sir Francis Vane

Sir Francis Vane to John Dillon

2 comments:

  1. This is wonderful information from a man who was there. May I download them so that I may read them more easily, having sight problems?

    I have been asked by our local Heritage group to research the Bowen/SheehySkeffington affair, and info such as this is absolute gold. Bowen (he was no more a Colthurst than I am!) came from Oakgrove, just outside our village, Coachford, Co Cork.

    The real John Bowen Colthurst, Bowen's grandfather or great grandfather, had a distinguished career in connection with the phasing out of slavery in the West Indies. Bowen has besmirched his honourable name.

    Anthony Greene, Coachford.

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  2. Hi Anthony,

    glad this entry has been useful. The documents are stored on the Letters of 1916 website. I would assume they are OK to download to read offline.

    Does your project have a website?

    Johnny

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