List_of_mayors_of_Dublin

List of mayors of Dublin

List of mayors of Dublin

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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

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15th century

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16th century

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17th century

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Lords Mayor of Dublin

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

17th century

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18th century

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19th century

1801–1840

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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.

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

20th century

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

21st century

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See also


References

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

Sources

  • Medieval Dublin: The Living City, Howard Clarke, ISBN 0-7165-2459-7, Pages 156–162

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