List of mayors of Dublin explained

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

Mayors of Dublin

13th century

YearName
1229–1230Richard Muton
1230–1231Henry de Exeter
1231–1232Thomas de la Corner
1232–1233Robert Pollard
1233–1234Gilbert de Lyvet
1234–1235Robert Owain
1235–1237Gilbert de Lyvet
1237–1238Elias Burel
1238–1240Robert Pollard
1240–1241Henry de Exeter
1241–1242William Flamstede
1242–1243John Le Warre
1243–1244Philip de Dureham
1244–1245John Le Warre
1245–1246Roger Owen
1246–1249John Le Warre
1249–1250Roger Oeyn
1250–1252Elias Burel
1252–1256John Le Warre
1256–1257Richard Olaf
1257–1258Sir John Le Warre
1258–1259Peter Abraham
1259–1260Elias Burel
1260–1261Thomas de Winchester
1261–1263Roger de Asshebourne
1263–1264Thomas de Winchester
1264–1265Vincent Taverner
1265–1267Thomas de Winchester
1267–1268Vincent Taverner
1268–1269Roger Asshebourne
1269–1270Vincent Taverner
1270–1271Thomas de Winchester
1271–1272William de Bristol
1272–1275John Garget
1275–1276City in King's Hands
1276–1277Walter Unred
1277–1279David de Callan
1279–1280Henry Le Mareschall
1280–1283David de Callan
1283–1286Walter Unred
1286–1288Thomas de Coventry
1288–1292William de Bristol
1292–1294Robert de Bray
1294–1295John Le Seriaunt
1295–1296Robert de Wyleby
1296–1299Thomas Coyls
1299–1301John Le Seriaunt

14th century

YearName
1301–1302City in King's Hands
1302–1302John Le Decer
1303–1303Geoffrey de Morton
1304–1304John Le Seriaunt
1305–1305John Le Decer
1306–1306John Le Seriaunt
1307–1309John Le Decer
1309–1310Robert de Nottingham
1310–1311John Seriaunt
1311–1314Richard Lawles
1314–1315Robert de Nottingham
1315–1316Richard Lawles
1316–1319Robert de Nottingham
1319–1320Robert de Meones
1320–1322Robert de Nottingham
1322–1324William Douce
1324–1326John Le Decer
1326–1327Robert Le Tanner
1327–1328William Le Mareschal
1328–1329Robert Tanner
1329–1330Philip Cradok
1330–1331William Douce
1331–1332John de Meones
1332–1333William Beydyn, or Boydiff
1333–1334Geoffrey Cromp
1334–1335William Beyden, or Boydiff
1335–1336John de Meones
1336–1337Philip Cradok
1337–1338John de Meones
1338–1339Robert Le Tanner
1339–1341Kenewrek Scherman
1341–1347John Le Seriaunt
1347–1348Geoffrey Crompe
1348–1349Kenewrek Scherman
1349–1350Geoffrey Crompe
1349–1350John Seriaunt
1350–1351John Bathe
1351–1352Robert de Moenes
1352–1353Adam Louestoc
1353–1356John Seriaunt
1356–1357Robert Burnell
1357–1358Peter Barfot
1358–1359John Taylor
1359–1361Peter Berfot
1361–1362Richard Heygrewe
1362–1364John Beke
1364–1365David Tyrrell
1365–1366Richard Heygrewe
1366–1367David Tyrrell
1367–1368Peter Woder
1368–1369John Wydon
1369–1371John Passavaunt
1371–1374John Wydon
1374–1375Nicholas Seriaunt
1375–1376Edmund Berle
1376–1378Nicholas Serivaunt
1378–1379Robert Stakebold
1379–1380John Wydon
1380–1382John Hull
1382–1383Edmund Berle
1383–1384Robert Burnell
1384–1385Roger Bekeford
1385–1386Edmund Berle
1386–1387Robert Stackebold
1387–1388John Bermingham
1388–1389John Passavaunt
1389–1390Thomas Mareward
1390–1391Thomas Cusacke
1391–1392Richard Chamberlain
1392–1393John Mareward
1393–1396Thomas Cusacke
1396–1397Geoffrey Gallane
1397–1398Thomas Cusake
1398–1399Nicholas Fynglas
1399–1400Ralph Ebbe
1400–1401Thomas Cusacke

15th century

YearName
1401–1403John Drake
1403–1404Thomas Cusacke
1404–1406John Drake
1406–1407Thomas Cusacke
1407–1408William Wade
1408–1410Thomas Cusacke
1410–1411Robert Gallane
1411–1412John Drake
1412–1413Thomas Cusake
1413–1414Luke Dowdall
1414–1416Thomas Cusacke
1416–1417Walter Tyrrell
1417–1419Thomas Cusacke
1419–1420Walter Tyrrell
1420-1421Thomas Shorthalls
1421–1422John Burnell
1422–1423Thomas Cusacke
1423–1424John White
1424–1425Thomas Cusacke
1425–1426Sir Walter Tyrrell
1426–1427John Walshe
1427–1429Thomas Shortall
1429–1430Thomas Cusacke
1430–1432John White
1432–1433John Hadsor
1433–1434Nicholas Woder
1434–1435Ralph Pembroke
1435–1436John Kylbery
1436–1437Robert Chambre
1437–1438Thomas Newberry
1438–1439Nicholas Woder
1439–1440John FitzRobert
1440–1441Nicholas Woder
1441–1442Ralph Pembroke
1442–1447Nicholas Woder
1447–1448Thomas Newbery
1448–1449No entry
1449–1451Sir Robert Burnell
1451–1453Thomas Newbery
1453–1454Sir Nicholas Woder
1454–1455Sir Robert Burnell
1455–1456Philip Bellewe
1456–1457John Bennet
1457–1458Thomas Newbery
1458–1459Robert Burnell
1459–1460Thomas Walshe
1460–1461Thomas Newbery
1461–1462Sir Robert Burnell
1462–1463No entry
1463–1465Sir Thomas Newbery
1465–1466Simon FitzRery
1466–1467William Crampe
1467–1469Thomas Newbery
1469–1470Arland Ussher
1470–1471Thomas Walton
1471–1472Simon FitzRery
1472–1473John Fyan
1473–1474John Bellewe
1474–1475Nicholas Burke
1475–1477Thomas FitzSimon
1477–1478Patrick FitzLeones
1478–1479John Weste
1479–1480John Fyan
1480–1481Willian Donewyth
1481–1482Thomas Mulghan
1482–1483Patrick FitzLeones
1483–1485John West
1485–1486John Serjaunt
1486–1487Janico Markis
1487–1488Thomas Meiler
1488–1489William Tyve, or Tue
1489–1490Richard Stanyhurst
1490–1491John Serjaunt
1491–1492Thomas Bennet
1492–1493John Serjaunt
1493Richard Arlon
1493–1494John Savage
1494–1495Patrick FitzLeones
1495–1496Thomas Birmingham
1496–1497John Geydon
1497–1498Thomas Collier
1498–1499Reginald Talbot
1499–1500James Barby
1500–1501Robert Forster

16th century

YearName
1501–1502Hugh Talbot
1502–1503Richard Tyrrell
1503–1504John Blake
1504–1505Thomas Newman
1505–1506Nicholas Hertbard
1506–1507William English
1507–1508William Canterell
1508–1509Thomas Philip
1509–1510William Blank
1510–1511Nicholas Roch
1511–1512Thomas Bermingham
1512–1516No entry
1516–1517Christopher Ussher
1517–1523No entry
1523–1524Nicholas Queytrot
1524–1525No entry
1525–1526Richard Talbot
1526–1527Walter Ewstas
1527–1530No entry
1530–1531Thomas Barbe
1531–1532John Sarsewell
1532–1533Nicholas Gaydon
1533–1534Walter FitzSimon
1534–1535Robert Shilyngford
1535–1536Thomas Stephens
1536–1537John Shilton
1537–1538John Scuyr
1538–1539James FitzSymond
1539–1540Nicholas Bennet
1540–1541Walter Tyrrell
1541–1542Nicholas Umfre
1542–1543Nicholas Stanihurst
1543–1546No entry
1546–1547Henry Plunket
1547–1548Thady Duff
1548–1549James Hancoke
1549–1550Richard Fyane
1550–1551John Money
1551–1552Michael Penteny
1552–1553Robert Cusake
1553–1554Bartholomew Ball
1554–1555Patrick Sarsfield
1555–1556Thomas Rogers
1556–1557John Challoner
1557–1558John Spenefelde
1558–1559Robert Golding
1559–1560Christopher Sedgrave
1560–1561Thomas FitzSimon
1561–1562Robert Ussher
1562–1563Thomas Fininge
1563–1564Robert Cusake
1564–1565Richard Fiand
1565–1566Nicholas FitzSimon
1566–1567Sir William Sarsfield
1567–1568John FitzSimon
1568–1569Michael Bea
1569–1570Walter Cusake
1570–1571Henry Brown
1571–1572Patrick Dowdall
1572–1573James Bellewe
1573–1574Christopher Fagan
1574–1575John Ussher
1575–1576Patrick Goghe
1576–1577John Goghe
1577–1578Giles Allen
1578–1579Richard Rownswell
1579–1580Nicholas Duffe
1580–1581Walter Ball
1581–1582John Gaydon
1582–1583Nicholas Ball
1583–1584John Lennan
1584–1585Thomas Cosgrave
1585–1586William Piccott
1586–1587Richard Rownswell
1587–1588Richard Fagan
1588–1589Walter Sedgrave
1589–1590John Forster
1590–1591Edmond Devnish
1591–1592Thomas Smith
1592–1593Philip Conran
1593–1594James Janes
1594–1595Thomas Gerrald
1595–1596Francis Taylor
1596–1597Michael Chamberlain
1597–1598Nicholas Weston
1598–1599James Bellewe
1599–1600Gerald Yonge
1600–1601Nicholas Barran

17th century

YearName
1601–1602Matthew Hancocke
1602–1603John Terrell
1603–1604William Goughe
1604–1605John Elliott
1605–1606John Bryce, or Brice
1606–1607John Arthore
1607–1608Nicholas Barran
1608–1609John Cusacke
1609–1610Robert Ball
1610–1611Richard Barrye
1611–1612Thomas Bushopp
1612–1613Sir James Carroll
1613–1614Richard Forster
1614–1616Sir Richard Browne
1616–1617John Bennes
1617–1618Sir James Carroll
1618–1619John Lany
1619–1620Richard Forster
1620–1621Sir Richard Browne
1621–1622Edward Ball
1622–1623Richard Wiggett
1623–1624Thadee Duff
1624–1625William Bushopp
1625–1626Sir James Carroll
1626–1627Thomas Evans
1627–1628Edward Jans
1628–1629Ronert Bennett
1629–1630Christopher Forster
1630–1631Thomas Evans
1631–1632George Jones
1632–1633Robert Bennett
1633–1634Robert Dixon
1634–1635Sir James Carroll
1635–1637Sir Christopher Forster
1637–1638James Watson
1638–1639Sir Christopher Forster
1639–1640Charles Forster
1640–1642Thomas Wakefield
1642–1647William Smith
1647–1648William Bladen
1648–1649John Pue
1649–1650Thomas Pemberton
1650Sankey Sullyard
1650–1651Raphael Hunt
1651–1652Richard Tighe
1652–1653Daniel Hutchinson
1653–1654John Preston
1654–1655Thomas Hooke
1655–1656Richard Tighe
1656–1657Ridgley Hatfield
1657–1658Thomas Waterhouse
1658–1659Peter Wybrants
1659–1660Robert Deey
1660–1661Hubert Adryan Verneer
1661–1662George Gilbert
1662–1663John Cranwell
1663–1665William Smyth

Lords Mayor of Dublin

In 1665 Sir Daniel Bellingham became the first Lord Mayor of Dublin.

17th century

YearName
1665–1666Sir Daniel Bellingham
1666–1667John Desmynieres
1667–1668Mark Quin
1668–1669John Forrest
1669–1670Lewis Desmynieres
1670–1671Enoch Reader
1671–1672Sir John Totty
1672–1673Robert Deey
1673–1674Sir Joshua Allen
1674–1675Sir Francis Brewster
1675–1676William Smith
1676–1677Christopher Lovet
1677–1678John Smith
1678–1679Peter Ward
1679–1680John Eastwood
1680–1681Luke Lowther
1681–1683Sir Humphrey Jervis
1683–1684Sir Elias Best
1684–1685Sir Abel Ram
1685–1686Sir John Knox
1686–1687Sir John Castleton
1687–1688Sir Thomas Hackett
1688–1689Sir Michael Creagh
1689–1690Terence MacDermott
1690–1691John Otrington
1691–1693Sir Michael Mitchell
1693–1694Sir John Rogerson
1694–1695George Blackhall
1695–1696William Watts
1696–1697Sir William Billington
1697–1698Bartholomew Van Homrigh
1698–1699Thomas Quinn
1699–1700Sir Anthony Percy
1700–1701Sir Mark Rainsford

18th century

YearName
1701–1702Samuel Walton
1702–1703Thomas Bell
1703–1704John Page
1704–1705Sir Francis Stoyte
1705–1706William Gibbons
1706–1707Benjamin Burton
1707–1708John Pearson
1708–1709Sir William Fownes
1709–1710Charles Forrest
1710–1711Sir John Eccles
1711–1712Ralph Gore
1712–1714Sir Samuel Cooke
1714–1715Sir James Barlow
1715–1716John Stoyte
1716–1717Thomas Bolton
1717–1718Anthony Barkey
1718–1719William Quaill
1719–1720Thomas Wilkinson
1720–1721George Forbes
1721–1722Thomas Curtis
1722–1723William Dickson
1723–1724John Porter
1724–1725John Reyson
1725–1726Joseph Kane
1726–1727William Empson
1727–1728Sir Nathaniel Whitwell
1728–1729Henry Burrowes
1729John Page
1729–1730Sir Peter Verdoen
1730–1731Nathaniel Pearson
1731–1732Joseph Nuttall
1732–1733Humphrey French
1733–1734Thomas How
1734–1735Nathaniel Kane
1735–1736Sir Richard Grattan
1736George Forbes
1736–1737Sir James Somerville
1737–1738William Walker
1738–1739John Macarroll
1739–1740Daniel Falkiner
1740–1741Sir Samuel Cooke
1741–1742William Aldrich
1742–1743Gilbert King
1743–1744David Tew
1744–1745John Walker
1745–1746Daniel Cooke
1746–1747Richard White
1747William Walker
1747–1748Sir George Ribton
1748–1749Robert Ross
1749–1750John Adamson
1750–1751Thomas Taylor
1751–1752John Cooke
1752–1753Sir Charles Burton
1753–1754Andrew Murray
1754–1755Hans Bailie
1755–1756Percival Hunt
1756–1757John Forbes
1757–1758Thomas Meade
1758–1759Philip Crampton
1759–1760John Tew
1760–1761Sir Patrick Hamilton
1761–1762Sir Timothy Allen
1762–1763Charles Rossell
1763–1764William Forbes
1764–1765Benjamin Geale
1765–1766Sir James Taylor
1766–1767Edward Sankey
1767–1768Francis Fetherston
1768–1769Benjamin Barton
1769–1770Sir Thomas Blackhall
1770–1771George Reynolds
1771–1772Francis Booker
1772William Forbes
1772–1773Richard French
1773–1774Willoughby Lightburne
1774–1775Henry Hart
1775–1776Thomas Emerson
1776–1777Henry Bevan
1777–1778William Dunne
1778–1779Sir Anthony King
1779–1780James Hamilton
1780–1781Kilner Swettenham
1781–1782John Darragh
1782–1783Nathaniel Warren
1783–1784Thomas Green
1784–1785James Horan
1785–1786James Sheil
1786–1787George Alcock
1787–1788William Alexander
1788–1789John Rose
1789–1790John Exshaw
1790–1791Henry Howison
1791–1792Henry Gore Sankey
1792–1793John Carleton
1793–1794William James
1794–1795Richard Moncrieff
1795–1796Sir William Worthington
1796–1797Samuel Reed
1797–1798Thomas Fleming
1798–1799Thomas Andrews
1799–1800John Sutton
1800John Exshaw
1800–1801Charles Thorp

19th century

1801–1840

YearName
1801–1802Richard Manders
1802–1803Jacob Poole
1803–1804Henry Hutton
1804–1805Meredith Jenkins
1805–1806James Vance
1806–1807Joseph Pemberton
1807–1808Hugh Trevor
1808–1809Frederick Darley
1809–1810Sir William Stamer
1810–1811Nathaniel Hone
1811–1812William Henry Archer
1812–1813Abraham Bradley King
1813–1814John Cash
1814–1815John Claudius Beresford
1815–1816Robert Shaw
1816–1817Mark Bloxham
1817–1818John Alley
1818–1819Sir Thomas McKenny
1819–1820Sir William Stamer
1820–1821Sir Abraham Bradley King
1821–1822Sir John Kingston James
1822–1823John Smith Fleming
1823–1824Richard Smyth
1824–1825Drury Jones
1825–1826Thomas Abbott
1826–1827Samuel Wilkinson Tyndall
1827–1828Sir Edmond Nugent
1828–1829Alexander Montgomery
1829–1830Jacob West
1830–1831Sir Robert Harty
1831Richard Smyth
1831–1832Sir Thomas Whelan
1832–1833Charles Palmer Archer
1833–1834Sir George Whiteford
1834–1835Arthur Perrin
1835–1836Arthur Morrison
1836–1837William Hodges
1837–1838Samuel Warren
1838–1839George Hoyte
1839–1840Sir Nicholas William Brady
1840–1841Sir John Kingston James

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.

YearNameParty
1841–1842Daniel O'Connell
1842–1843George Roe
1844–1845Sir Timothy O'Brien
1845–1846John L. Arabin
1846–1847John Keshan
1847–1848Michael Staunton
1848–1849Jeremiah Dunne
1849–1850Sir Timothy O'Brien
1850–1851John Reynolds
1851–1852Benjamin Guinness
1852–1853John D'Arcy
1853–1854Robert Henry Kinahan
1854–1855Sir Edward McDonnell
1855–1856Joseph Boyce
1856–1857Fergus Farrell
1857–1858Richard Atkinson
1858–1859John Campbell
1859–1860James Lambert
1860–1861Redmond Carroll
1861–1862Richard Atkinson
1862–1863Denis Moylan
1863–1864John Prendergast Vereker
1864–1865Peter Paul McSwiney
1865–1866Sir John Barrington
1866–1867James Mackey
1867–1868William Lane-Joynt
1868–1870Sir William Carroll
1870–1871Edward Purton
1871Patrick Bulfin
1871–1872John Campbell
1872–1873Robert Garde Durdin
1873–1874Sir James Mackey
1874–1875Maurice Brooks
1875–1876Peter Paul McSwiney
1876–1877Sir George Bolster Owens
1877Lewis Wormser Harris[1]
1877–1879Hugh Tarpey
1879–1880Sir John Barrington
1880–1881Edmund Dwyer Gray
1881–1882George Moyers
1882–1884Charles Dawson
1884–1885William Meagher
1885–1886John O'Connor
1886–1888Timothy Daniel Sullivan
1888–1890Thomas Sexton
1890–1891Edward Joseph Kennedy
1891–1893Joseph Meade
1893–1894James Shanks
1894–1896Valentine Blake Dillon
1896–1898Richard F. McCoy
1898–1900Daniel Tallon
1900–1901Sir Thomas Devereux Pile

1.For a period there was an agreement to alternate the mayor's chair between Tory (Conservative) and Whigs (Liberals, Repealers).

20th century

YearNameParty
1901–1904Timothy Harrington
1904–1906Joseph Hutchinson
1906–1908Joseph Nannetti
1908–1909Gerald O'Reilly
1909–1910William Coffey
1910–1911Michael Doyle
1911–1912John J. Farrell
1912–1915Lorcan Sherlock
1915–1917Sir James Gallagher
1917–1920Laurence O'Neill
1920–1921Thomas Kelly
1921–1924Laurence O'Neill
1924–1930Position suspended
1930–1939Alfie Byrne
1939–1941Kathleen Clarke
1941–1943Peadar Doyle
1943–1945Martin O'Sullivan
1945–1946Peadar Doyle
1946–1947John McCann
1947–1948Patrick Cahill
1948–1949John Breen
1949–1950Cormac Breathnach
1950–1951Jack Belton
1951–1953Andrew Clarkin
1953–1954Bernard Butler
1954–1955Alfie Byrne
1955–1956Denis Larkin
1956–1957Robert Briscoe
1957–1958James Carroll
1958–1959Catherine Byrne
1959–1960Philip Brady
1960–1961Maurice E. Dockrell
1961–1962Robert Briscoe
1962–1963James O'Keeffe
1963–1964Seán Moore
1964–1965John McCann
1965–1967Eugene Timmons
1967–1968Thomas Stafford
1968–1969Frank Cluskey
1969–1974Position suspended
1974–1975James O'Keeffe
1975–1976Paddy Dunne
1976–1977Jim Mitchell
1977–1978Michael Collins
1978–1979Paddy Belton
1979–1980William Cumiskey
1980–1981Fergus O'Brien
1981–1982Alexis FitzGerald Jnr
1982–1983Daniel Browne
1983–1984Michael Keating
1984–1985Michael O'Halloran
1985–1986Jim Tunney
1986–1987Bertie Ahern
1987–1988Carmencita Hederman
1988–1989Ben Briscoe
1989–1990Seán Haughey
1990–1991Michael Donnelly
1991–1992Seán Kenny
1992–1993Gay Mitchell
1993–1994Tomás Mac Giolla
1994–1995John Gormley
1995–1996Seán D. Loftus
1996–1997Brendan Lynch
1997–1998John Stafford
1998–1999Joe Doyle
1999–2000Mary Freehill

2.Thomas Kelly was unanimously elected as Lord Mayor while being held as a political prisoner in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England.

21st century

YearImageNameParty
2000–2001Maurice Ahern
2001–2002Michael Mulcahy
2002Anthony Creevey
2002–2003Dermot Lacey
2003–2004Royston Brady
2004–2005Michael Conaghan
2005–2006Catherine Byrne
2006–2007Vincent Jackson
2007–2008Paddy Bourke
2008–2009Eibhlin Byrne
2009–2010Emer Costello
2010–2011Gerry Breen
2011–2012Andrew Montague
2012–2013Naoise Ó Muirí
2013–2014Oisín Quinn
2014–2015Christy Burke
2015–2016Críona Ní Dhálaigh
2016–2017 Brendan Carr
2017–2018Mícheál Mac Donncha
2018–2019Nial Ring
2019–2020Paul McAuliffe
2020Tom Brabazon
2020–2021Hazel Chu
2021–2022Alison Gilliland
2022–2023Caroline Conroy
2023–2024Daithí de Róiste
2024–presentJames Geoghegan

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Wormser Harris was elected but died before taking office.