Francis Sheehy Skeffington

Francis Sheehy Skeffington, born Francis Skeffington , was a wellknown Irish writer and radical activist, known publicly by the nickname Skeffy. He is now principally remembered as the victim of a British war crime during the Easter 1916 rising. He was also the reallife model for a character in James Joyces novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. He was a friend and schoolmate of Joyce, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Tom Kettle, and Frank OBrien . He married Hanna Sheehy in 1903, whose own surname he adopted as part of his name, resulting in the name Sheehy Skeffington. They always showed their joined names unhyphenated.

Francis Sheehy Skeffington was born in Bailieborough, County Cavan, the only son of Joseph Skeffington, a school inspector, and Rose Magorian of County Down. His parents had been married at the Roman Catholic Chapel at Ballykinlar, Co. Down in 1869. Francis was educated initially at home by his father, and later at the Jesuit community in St Stephens Green, Dublin.

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