Adam Font Explained

Adam Font, Mayor of Galway, 1524-25.

Font was town bailiff in 1509. It was during his term of office that peace terms in a trade war between Limerick and Galway were reached. He was the second of three members of the Font family to become mayor.

See also

• Tribes of Galway

References

• History of Galway, James Hardiman, Galway, 1820.
• Old Galway, Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942.
• Henry, William (2002). Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001. Galway: Galway City Council.
• Martyn, Adrian (2016). The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642