List of Lord Mayors of Dublin

The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the head of Dublin City Council and first citizen of the Dublin. The title was created in 1229 as Mayor of Dublin. It was elevated to Lord Mayor in 1665. The date of election is the end of June, and the term of office is 1 year.

Contents

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

1801–1840

1841–1900

The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 comes into force. Under this Act, all ratepayers with a yearly valuation of £10 could vote in civic elections and sit on the council. Dublin Corporation (now Dublin City Council) becomes the new municipal authority for the city of Dublin. Daniel O'Connell was elected to the new Dublin Corporation and took office as Lord Mayor of Dublin, the first Roman Catholic to be Lord Mayor since 1690.

Year Name Party
1841–42 Daniel O'Connell
1842–43 George Roe
1844 Timothy O'Brien
1845 John L. Arabin
1846 John Keshan
1847 Michael Staunton
1848 Jeremiah Dunne
1849 Sir Timothy O'Brien, 1st Bt.
1850 John Reynolds
1851 Benjamin Guinness
1852 John D'Arcy
1853 Robert Henry Kinahan
1854 Sir Edward McDonnell
1855 Joseph Boyce
1856 Fergus Farrell
1857 Richard Atkinson
1858 John Campbell
1859 James Lambert
1860 Redmond Carroll
1861 Richard Atkinson
1862 Denis Moylan
1863 John Prendergast Vereker
1864 Peter Paul McSwiney
1865 Sir John Barrington
1866 James William Mackey
1867 William Lane Joynt
1868–69 Sir William Carroll
1870 Edward Purton
1871 Patrick Bulfin
1871 John Campbell
1872 Robert Garde Durdin
1873 Sir James William Mackey
1874 Maurice Brooks
1875 Peter Paul McSwiney
1876 Sir George Bolster Owens, Bt.
1877 Lewis Wormser Harris[1]
1877–78 Hugh Tarpey
1879 Sir John Barrington
1880 Edmund Dwyer Gray
1881 George Moyers
1882–83 Charles Dawson
1884 William Meagher
1885 John O'Connor
1886–88 Timothy Daniel Sullivan
1888–89 Thomas Sexton Irish Parliamentary Party
1890 Edward Joseph Kennedy
1891–92 Joseph Michael Meade
1893 James Shanks
1894–95 Valentine Blake Dillon
1896–97 Richard F. McCoy
1898–1900 Daniel Tallon
1900–01 Sir Thomas Devereux Pile, Bt.

20th century

Year Name Party
1901–04 Timothy Harrington United Irish League
1904–06 Joseph Hutchinson
1906–08 Joseph Patrick Nannetti United Irish League
1908–09 Gerald O'Reilly
1909–10 William Coffey
1910–11 Michael Doyle
1911–12 John J. Farrell
1912–15 Lorcan Sherlock
1915–18 James Michael Gallagher
1917–24 Laurence O'Neill Independent
1924–30 Position suspended
1930–39 Alfred Byrne Independent
1939–41 Kathleen Clarke Fianna Fáil
1941–43 Peadar Doyle Fine Gael
1943–45 Martin O'Sullivan Labour Party
1945–46 Peadar Doyle Fine Gael
1946–47 John McCann Fianna Fáil
1947–48 Patrick Cahill Fine Gael
1948–49 John Breen Labour Party
1949–50 Cormac Breathnach Fianna Fáil
1950–51 Jack Belton Fine Gael
1951–53 Andrew Clarkin Fianna Fáil
1953–54 Bernard Butler Fianna Fáil
1954–55 Alfred Byrne Independent
1955–56 Denis Larkin Labour Party
1956–57 Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil
1957–58 James Carroll Independent
1958–59 Catherine Byrne Fine Gael
1959–60 Philip Brady Fianna Fáil
1960–61 Maurice E. Dockrell Fine Gael
1961–62 Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil
1962–63 James O'Keeffe Fine Gael
1963–64 Seán Moore Fianna Fáil
1964–65 John McCann Fianna Fáil
1965–67 Eugene Timmons Fianna Fáil
1967–68 Thomas Stafford Fianna Fáil
1968–69 Frank Cluskey Labour Party
1969–74 Position suspended
1974–75 James O'Keeffe Fine Gael
1975–76 Paddy Dunne Labour Party
1976–77 Jim Mitchell Fine Gael
1977–78 Michael Collins Labour Party
1978–79 Paddy Belton Fine Gael
1979–80 William Cumiskey Labour Party
1980–81 Fergus O'Brien Fine Gael
1981–82 Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr Fine Gael
1982–83 Daniel Browne Labour Party
1983–84 Michael Keating Fine Gael
1984–85 Michael O'Halloran Labour Party
1985–86 Jim Tunney Fianna Fáil
1986–87 Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil
1987–88 Carmencita Hederman Independent
1988–89 Ben Briscoe Fianna Fáil
1989–90 Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil
1990–91 Michael Donnelly Fianna Fáil
1991–92 Seán Kenny Labour Party
1992–93 Gay Mitchell Fine Gael
1993–94 Tomás Mac Giolla Workers' Party
1994–95 John Gormley Green Party
1995–96 Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus Independent
1996–97 Brendan Lynch Labour Party
1997–98 John Stafford Fianna Fáil
1998–99 Joe Doyle Fine Gael
1999–2000 Mary Freehill Labour Party
2000–01 Maurice Ahern Fianna Fáil

21st century

Year Name Party
2001–02 Michael Mulcahy Fianna Fáil
2002–03 Dermot Lacey Labour Party
2003–04 Royston Brady Fianna Fáil
2004–05 Michael Conaghan Labour Party
2005–06 Catherine Byrne Fine Gael
2006–07 Vincent Jackson Independent
2007–08 Paddy Bourke Labour Party
2008–09 Eibhlin Byrne Fianna Fáil
2009–10 Emer Costello Labour Party
2010–11 Gerry Breen Fine Gael[2]
2011– Andrew Montague Labour Party

References

  1. ^ Wormser Harris was elected but died before taking office.
  2. ^ "Dublin and Limerick councils elect mayors". RTÉ News. 29 June 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0628/mayor.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 

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