Where in Ireland was Skeffington born?
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Francis Sheehy Skeffington was born in Bailieborough, County Cavan, the only son of Joseph Skeffington, a school inspector, and Rose Magorian of County Down. His parents had been married at the Roman Catholic Chapel at Ballykinlar, Co. Down in 1869. Francis was educated initially at home by his father, and later at the Jesuit community in St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
Arianna Huffington
Huffington was born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou () in Athens, Greece, the daughter of Konstantinos (a journalist and management consultant) and Elli (née Georgiadi) Stasinopoulou, and is the sister of Agapi (an author, speaker and performer). She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 16 and studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge, where she was the first foreign, and third female President of the Cambridge Union.
She also studied Comparative religion from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. She told IANS in an email interview "India has long held a special place in my heart, from the time I went to study comparative religion at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan".