John Skerrett (Mayor) was the seventh
Mayor of Galway
The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area of the city of Galway which is the largest city in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. Th ...
, serving 1491–1492. Skerrett was a member of one of
The Tribes of Galway
The Tribes of Galway () were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Brown ...
, descended from a
Richard Huskard. John Skerrett was elected
Provost
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Officials
Ecclesiastic
* Provost (religion), a high-ranking church official
* Prince-provost, a high-ranking church official
Government
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of
Galway
Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
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.
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15th-century Irish politicians
Mayors of Galway