President unveils a plaque acknowledging Irish suffragettes

Location: Dublin Castle
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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.

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