Owen Sheehy-Skeffington
Owen Sheehy-Skeffington | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 23 June 1965 – 7 June 1970 | |
| In office 22 July 1954 – 14 December 1961 | |
| Constituency | Dublin University |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1909 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 7 June 1970 (aged 61) Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Party (until 1943) |
| Spouse |
Andrée Denis (m. 1935) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | David Sheehy (grandfather) |
| Education | Sandford Park School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Owen Lancelot Sheehy-Skeffington (19 May 1909 – 7 June 1970) was an Irish university lecturer and senator. The son of pacifists, feminists and socialists Francis and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, he was politically likeminded and as a member of the Irish Senate was praised as a defender of civil liberty, democracy, separation of church and state, freedom of speech, women's rights, minority rights and many other liberal values.