Francis Skeffington (23 December 1878 – 26 April 1916) from
Bailieborough,
County Cavan, was an Irish
suffragist,
pacifist and writer. He was a friend and schoolmate of
James Joyce,
Oliver St. John Gogarty,
Tom Kettle, and
Conor Cruise O'Brien's father, Frank O'Brien. He married
Hanna Sheehy in 1903, whose own surname he adopted as part of his name, resulting in his being known as
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, and sometimes referred to as "Skeffy".