title: Sheehy
text: # Sheehy
  
  Sheehy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * David Sheehy, 19th-century Irish nationalist politician
  * Gerry Sheehy (1924–2009), Canadian politician
  * Mary Sheehy Moe, Democratic member of the Montana Legislature
  * Maurie Sheehy, (1893–1961), Australian politician
  * Michael Sheehy is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  * Paul J. Sheehy, American politician
  * Rick Sheehy, disgraced Nebraskan politician
  * Thomas Sheehy (1899–1984), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives
  * Timothy Sheehy (Cork politician), Irish politician
  * Timothy Sheehy (Tipperary politician), Irish politician
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Ciara Sheehy (born 1980), Irish 200m sprinter
  * Joan McSheehy (1913–1948), American swimmer
  * John Joe Sheehy, Irish political/military activist and sportsperson
  * Kathy Sheehy (born 1970), American water polo player
  * Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer
  * Neil Sheehy, retired American ice hockey player
  * Niall Sheehy, Irish Gaelic footballer
  * Noel Sheehy, Irish hurling
  * Paudie Sheehy, Gaelic footballer
  * Paul Sheehy, American rugby player
  * Seán Óg Sheehy (born 1939), Irish former Gaelic footballer
  * Sean Sheehy (born 1952), Irish soccer player
  * Timothy Sheehy (ice hockey), retired ice hockey player
  * Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi (born 1995), American football player
  
  ## Activists
  
  * Nicholas Sheehy, 18th-century Irish Catholic priest and opponent of the Penal Laws
  * Eugene Sheehy (priest), 19th-century Irish nationalist priest
  * Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, born Francis Skeffington (1878–1916), Irish writer and political activist, husband of Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
  * Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, born Hanna Sheehy (1877–1946), Irish nationalist and women's activist, wife of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
  * Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (1909–1970), Irish university lecturer and Senator, son of Francis and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
  
  ## Business
  
  * Eugene Sheehy (banker), group chief executive of Allied Irish Banks Plc
  * Sir Christopher Sheehy OBE (1894–1960), Australian dairy industry administrator
  * Sir Patrick Sheehy (1930–2019), British businessman
  
  ## Writers
  
  * Gail Sheehy, (1937–2020), American author
  * Eugene P. Sheehy, retired academic librarian, professional researcher, author and editor
  
  ## Judges
  
  * The Honourable Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE, (1900–1971), Australian jurist and Supreme Court Justice
  * Joseph Warren Sheehy, (1910–1967), United States federal judge
  
  ## Other
  
  * Brett Sheehy AO, (born 1958), Australian artistic director, producer and curator
  * Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating KCB (1775–1847), officer of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
  * Jeremy Sheehy (born 1956), British Anglican priest and academic
  * John Sheehy (administrator) (1889–1949), British colonial official
  * John Sheehy (architect) (born 1942), internationally known American architect
  * Suzie Sheehy, Australian accelerator physicist and science communicator
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Father Sheehy, the liberal catholic priest, played by Tony Doyle (actor), in the Irish TV drama The Riordans
  * Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, an Irish drug trafficker played by Liam Cunningham in the 2011 film The Guard
  