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John Skerrett (army Officer)
John Skerrett may refer to: * John Skerrett (mayor), mayor of Galway * John Skerrett (Augustinian), Irish preacher and missionary * John Byrne Skerrett (1778–1814), British soldier who fought in the Spanish War of Independence {{Hndis, Skerrett, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skerrett (mayor)
John Skerrett (Mayor) was the seventh Mayor of Galway, serving 1491–1492. Skerrett was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, descended from a Richard Huskard. John Skerrett was elected Provost of Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ... in 1480. A copy of his mayoralty seal survives, and was illustrated in volume one of ''Blake Family Records'' by Martin J. Blake. References * Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485–2001''. Galway: Galway City Council. * Martyn, Adrian, ''The Tribes of Galway:1124–1642'', Galway, 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Skerrett (Mayor), John 15th-century Irish politicians Mayors of Galway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skerrett (Augustinian)
John Skerrett (Augustinian), Irish preacher and missionary, c.1620–c.1688. John Skerrett was a member of one of the Tribes of Galway, a descendant of Richard Huskard. He studied for the clergy in Andalusia, and afterwards he was ordained as a member of the Augustinian order. He gained an excellent reputation as a preacher at Cádiz, where he also taught moral theology. After about twenty years in Spain he was stationed at Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife for four years, following which he returned to Galway, sometime in the 1660s. While there he taught Latin and was prior of the order's town convent. Skerrett is notable for been the first Augustinian missionary in the Americas, working mainly in Virginia and the West Indies during the 1670s, as well as Cuba and Puerto Rico in the 1680s. The last documented reference to him is as the Commissary-General of the Augustinians in England in 1688. See also * John Skerrett (Mayor) of Galway 1491–1492. * James Skerrett, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |