James Skerrett, fl. 1513–1532,Mayor of Galway.

Skerrett was a descendant ofRichard Huskard, and seems to have served two consecutive terms. He had served on the corporation asbailiff in1513. Among the statues passed while he was Mayor was one denying permission for anyone to leave the town after the town gates were closed.

20th-century Irish writerLiam O'Flaherty (1896–1984) used the surname as the title character for one of his novels.

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• Old Galway,Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942.
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• Martyn, Adrian (2016).The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642

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