Mayors and Lord Mayors of Dublin

Please note this list covers Mayors and Lord Mayors from 1229 to 1924 only.
I will eventually get round to putting up the full list.

Click here for 1924 to date

Mayors

Richard Muton (Multon, Motoun) 1229-30 Henry de Exeter c.1230-31
Thomas de la Corner c.1231-32 Robert Pollard c.1232-33
Gilbert de Lyvet (del Ivet) c.1233-34 Roger Owain c.1234-35
Gilbert de Lyvet c.1235-37 Elias Burel (Burell) c.1237-38
Robert Pollard 1238-1240 Edward Palmer c.1239-40
Henry de Exeter c.1240-41 William Flamstede c.1241-42
John le Warre c.1242-43 Philip de Dureham c.1243-44
John le Warre c.1244-45 Roger Owen c.1245-46
John le Warre 1246-c.1249 Roger Oeyn c.1249-50
Elias Burel c.1250-52 John le Warre c.1252-56
Richard Olof 1256-57 Sir John la Ware c.1257-58
Peter Abraham c.1258-59 Elias Burel c.1259-60
Thomas de Winchester 1260-61 Roger de Asshebourne 1261-63
Thomas de Winchester c.1263-64 Vincent Taverner 1264-65
Thomas de Winchester c.1265-67 Vincent Taverner 1267-68
Roger Asshebourne c.1268-69 Vincent Taverner c.1269-70
Thomas de Winchester c.1270-71 William de Bristol c.1271-72
John Garget 1272-75 City in King's hands 1275-76
Walter Unred c.1276-77 David (Sampson) de Callan 1277-79
Henry de Mareschall 1279-80 David de Callan 1280-83
Walter Unred 1283-86 Thomas de Coventry 1286-88
William de Bristol 1288-92 Robert de Bray 1292-94
John le Seriaunt 1294-95 Robert de Wyleby 1295-96
Thomas Colys 1296-99 John le Seriaunt 1299-1301
City in King's hands 1301-02 John le Decer 1302-03
Geoffrey de Morton 1303-04 John Seriaunt 1304-05
John le Decer c.1305-06 John le Seriaunt 1306-07
John le Decer 1307-09 Robert de Nottingham 1309-10
John Seriaunt 1310-11 Richard Lawles 1311-14
Robert de Nottingham 1314-15 Richard Lawles 1315-16
Robert de Nottingham 1316-19 Robert de Moenes 1319-20
Robert de Nottingham 1320-22 William Douce 1322-24
John le Decer 1324-26 Robert le Tanner 1326-27
William de Mareschal 1327-28 Robert Tanner 1328-29
Philip Cradok 1329-30 William Douce 1330-31
John de Moenes 1331-32 William Beydyn (Beydin, Geydyn) 1332-33
Geoffrey Crompe 1333-34 William Beydin 1334-35
John de Moenes 1335-36 Philip Cradok 1336-37
John le Moenes 1337-38 Robert le Tanner 1338-39
Kenewrek Scherman 1339-41 John le Seriaunt 1341-47
Geoffrey Crompe 1347-48 Kenewrek Scherman 1348-49
Geoffrey Crompe 1349-50 John Seriaunt 1349-50
John Bathe 1350-51 Robert De Moenes 1351-52
Adam Louestoc 1352-53 John Seriaunt 1353-56
Robert Burnell 1356-57 Peter Barfot 1357-58
John Taylor 1358-59 Peter Barfot 1359-61
Richard Heygrewe 1361-62 John Beke 1362-64
David Tyrrell 1366-67 Peter Woder 1367-68
John Wydon 1368-69 John Passavaunt 1369-71
John Wydon 1371-74 Nicholas Seriaunt 1374-75
Edmund Berle 1375-76 Nicholas Seriaunt 1376-78
Robert Stakebold 1378-79 John Wydon 1379-80
John Hull 1380-82 Edmond Berle 1382-83
Robert Burnel 1383-84 Roger Bekeford 1384-85
Edmond Berle 1385-86 Robert Stackbold 1386-87
John Bermingham 1387-88 John Passavaunt 1388-89
Thomas Mareward 1389-90 Thomas Cusake 1390-91
Richard Chamberlain 1391-92 John Mareward 1392-93
Thomas Cusake 1393-96 Geoffrey Gallane 1396-97
Thomas Cusake 1397-98 Nicholas Fynglas 1398-99
Ralph Ebbe 1399-1400 Thomas Cusake 1400-01
John Drake 1401-03 Thomas Cusake 1403-04
John Drake 1404-06 Thomas Cusake 1406-08
William Wade 1407-08 Thomas Cusake 1408-10
Robert Gallane 1410-12 John Drake 1411-12
Thomas Cusake 1412-13 Luke Dowdall 1413-14
Thomas Cusake 1414-16 Walter Tyrell 1416-17
Thomas Cusake 1417-19 Walter Tyrrell 1419-20
John Burnell 1420-22 Thomas Cusake 1422-23
John White 1423-24 Thomas Cusake 1424-25
Sir Walter Tyrrell 1425-26 John Walshe 1426-27
Thomas Shortall 1427-29 Thomas Cusake 1429-30
John White 1430-32 John Hadsor 1432-33
Nicholas Woder 1433-34 Ralph Pembroke 1434-35
John Kylbery 1435-36 Robert Chambre 1436-37
Thomas Newberry 1437-38 Nicholas Woder 1438-39
John FitzRobert 1439-40 Nicholas Woder 1440-41
Ralph Pembroke 1441-42 Nicholas Woder 1442-43
Nicholas Woder Jr. 1443-47 Thomas Newebery 1447-48
No entry 1448-49 Sir Robert Burnell 1449-51
Thomas Newbery 1451-53 Sir Nicholas Woder 1453-54
Sir Robert Burnell 1454-55 Philip Bellewe 1455-56
John Bennet 1456-57 Thomas Newbery 1457-58
Sir Robert Burnell 1458-59 Thomas Walshe 1459-60
Thomas Newbery 1460-61 Sir Robert Burnell 1461-62
Thomas Newbery 1463-65 Simon FitzRery 1465-66
William Crampe 1466-67 Sir Thomas Newbery 1467-69
William Grauntpe 1469 Arland Ussher 1469-70
Thomas Walton 1470-71 Simon FitzRery 1471-72
John Fyan 1472-73 No entry 1473-74
Nicholas Bourke 1474-75 Thomas FitzSimon 1475-77
Patrick FitzLeones 1477-78 John Weste 1478-79
John Fyane 1479-80 William Donewith 1480-81
Thomas Mulghan 1481-82 Patrick FitzLeones 1482-83
John West 1483-85 John Serjeant 1485-86
Janico Marcus 1486-87 Thomas Meyler 1487-88
William Tue 1488-89 Richard Stanyhurst 1489-90
John Serjaunt 1490-91 Thomas Benet 1491-92
John Serjaunt 1492-93 Richard Arlon 1493
John Savage 1493-94 Patrick FitzLeones 1494-95
Thomas Brymigham 1495-96 John Geydoun 1496-97
No entry 1497-98 Reginald Talbot 1498-99
James Barby 1499-1500 Robert Forster 1500-01
Hugh Talbot 1501-02 Richard Tyrell 1502-03
John Blake 1503-04 No entry 1504-07
William Cauterell 1507-08 No entry 1508-16
Christopher Usher 1516-17 No entry 1517-23
Nicholas Queytrot 1523-24 No entry 1524-25
Richard Talbot 1525-26 Walter Ewstas 1526-27
No entry 1527-30 Thomas Barbe 1530-31
John Sarsewell 1531-32 Nicholas Gaydon 1532-33
Walter FitzSymon 1533-34 Robert Shillyngford 1534-35
Thomas Stephens 1535-36 John Shilton 1536-37
John Scuyr 1537-38 James FitzSymond 1538-39
Nicholas Bennet 1539-40 Walter Tirrell 1540-41
Nicholas Umfre 1541-42 Nicholas Stanyhurst 1542-43
No entry 1543-46 Henry Plunket 1546-47
Thady Duff 1547-48 James Hancoke 1548-49
Richard Fyane (Fian) 1549-50 John Money 1550-51
Michael Penteny 1551-52 Robert Cusake 1552-53
Bartholemew Ball 1553-54 Patrick Sarsfield 1554-55
Thomas Rogers 1555-56 John Challyner 1556-57
John Spensfelde 1557-58 Robert Golding 1558-59
Christopher Sedgrave 1559-60 Thomas FitzSymon 1560-61
Robert Ussher 1561-62 Thomas Fininge 1562-63
Robert Cusake 1563-64 Richard Fiand (Fian) 1564-65
Nicholas FitzSimon 1565-66 Sir William Sarsfield 1566-67
John FitzSymon 1567-68 Michael Bea 1568-69
Walter Cusake 1569-70 Henry Browne 1570-71
Patrick Dowdall 1571-72 James Bellewe (Bedlow) 1572-73
Christopher Fagan 1573-74 John Ussher 1574-75
Patrick Goghe (Googhe) 1575-76 John Goughe 1576-77
Giles Allen 1577-78 Richard Rownsell 1578-79
Nicholas Duffe 1579-80 Walter Ball 1580-81
John Gaydon 1581-82 Nicholas Ball 1582-83
John Lennan 1583-84 Thomas Cosgrave 1584-85
William Piccott 1585-86 Richard Rounsell 1586-87
Richard Fagan 1587-88 Walter Sedgrave 1588-89
John Forster 1589-90 Edmond Devnish 1590-91
Thomas Smith 1591-92 Philip Conran 1592-93
James Janes 1593-94 Thomas Gerrald 1594-95
Francis Tayllor 1595-96 Michael Chamberlen 1596-97
Nicholas Weston 1597-98 James Bellewe (Bedlow) 1598-99
Gerrald Yonge 1599-1600 Nicholas Barran 1600-01
Mathew Handcocke 1601-02 John Terrell 1602-03
William Goughe 1603-04 John Elliott 1604
Robert Ball 1604-05 John Brice 1605-06
John Arthore 1606-07 Nicholas Barran 1607-08
John Cusake 1608-09 Robert Ball 1609-10
Richard Barrye 1610-11 Thomas Buyshoppe 1611-12
Sir James Carroll 1612-13 Richard Forster 1613-14
Richard Brown (Browne) 1614-16 John Bennes 1616-17
Sir James Carroll 1617-18 John Lany 1618-19
Richard Forster 1619-20 Richard Browne 1620-21
Edward Ball 1621-22 Richard Wiggett 1622-23
Thadee Duffe 1623-24 William Bushopp 1624-25
Sir James Carroll 1625-26 Thomas Evans 1626-27
Edward Jans 1627-28 Robert Bennett 1628-29
Christopher Forster 1629-39 Thomas Evans 1630-31
George Jones 1631-32 Robert Bennett 1632-33
Robert Dixon 1633-34 Sir James Carroll 1634-35
Sir Christopher Forster 1635-37 James Watson 1637-38
Sir Christopher Forster 1638-39 Charles Forster 1639-40
Thomas Wakefield 1640-42 William Smith 1642-47
William Bladen 1647-48 John Pue 1648-49
Thomas Pemberton 1649-50 Sankey Sullyard 1650
Raphael Hunt 1650-51 Richard Tighe 1651-52
Daniel Hutchinson 1652-52 John Preston 1653-54
Thomas Hooke 1654-55 Richard Tighe 1655-56
Ridgley Hatfield 1656-57 Thomas Waterhouse 1657-58
Peter Wybrants 1658-59 Robert Deey 1659-60
Hubart Adryan Verneer 1660-61 George Gilbert 1661-62
John Cranwell 1662-63 William Smyth 1663-65




Lord Mayors

Sir Daniel Bellingham 1665-66 John Desmynieres 1666-67
Mark Quinn 1667-68 John Forrest 1668-69
Lewis Desmynieres 1669-70 Enoch Reader 1670-71
Sir John Totty 1671-72 Robert Deey 1672-73
Sir Joshua Allen 1673-74 Sir Francis Brewster 1674-75
William Smith 1675-76 Christopher Lovet 1676-77
John Smith 1677-78 Peter Ward 1678-79
John Eastwood 1679-80 Luke Lowther 1680-81
Sir Humphrey Jervis 1681-83 Sir Elias Best 1683-84
Sir Abel Ram 1684-85 Sir John Knox 1685-86
Sir John Castleton 1686-87 Sir Thomas Hackett 1687-88
Sir Michael Creagh 1688-89 Terence McDermott 1689-90
John Otrington 1690-91 Sir Michael Mitchell 1691-93
Sir John Rogerson 1693-94 George Blackhall 1694-95
William Watts 1695-96 Sir William Billington 1696-97
Bartholemew Vanhomrigh 1697-98 Thomas Quinn 1698-99
Sir Anthony Percy 1699-1700 Sir Mark Rainsford 1700-01
Samuel Walton 1701-02 Thomas Bell 1702-03
John Page 1703-04 Sir Francis Stoyte 1704-05
William Gibbons 1705-06 Benjamin Burton 1706-07
John Pearson 1707-08 Sir William Fownes 1708-09
Charles Forrest 1709-10 Sir John Eccles 1710-11
Ralph Gore 1711-12 Sir Samuel Cooke 1712-14
Sir James Barlow 1714-15 John Stoye 1715-16
Thomas Bolton 1716-17 Anthony Barkey 1717-18
William Quaill 1718-19 Thoams Wilkinson 1719-20
George Forbes 1720-21 Thomas Curtis 1721-22
William Dickson 1722-23 John Porter 1723-24
John Reyson 1724-25 Joseph Kane 1725-26
William Empson 1726-27 Sir Nathaniel Whitwell 1727-28
Henry Burrowes 1728-29 John Page 1729
Sir Peter Verdoen 1729-30 Nathaniel Pearson 1730-31
Joseph Nuttall 1731-32 Humphrey French 1732-33
Thomas How 1733-34 Nathaniel Kane 1734-35
Sir Richard Grattan 1735-36 George Forbes 1736
James Somerville 1736-37 William Walker 1737-38
John Macarroll 1738-39 Daniel Falkiner 1739-40
Sir Samuel Cooke 1740-41 William Aldrich 1741-42
Gilbert King 1742-43 David Tew 1743-44
John Walker 1744-45 Daniel Cooke 1745-46
Richard White 1746-47 William Walker 1747
Sir George Ribton 1747-48 Robert Ross 1748-49
John Adamson 1749-50 Thomas Taylor 1750-51
John Cooke 1751-52 Sir Charles Barton 1752-53
Andrew Murray 1753-54 Hans Bailie 1754-55
Percival Hunt 1755-56 John Forbes 1756-57
Thomas Meade 1757-58 Philip Crampton 1758-59
John Tew 1759-60 Sir Patrick Hamilton 1760-61
Sir Timothy Allen 1761-62 Charles Rossell 1762-63
William Forbes 1763-64 Benjamin Geale 1764-65
Sir James Taylor 1765-66 Edward Sankey 1766-67
Francis Fetherston 1767-68 Benjamin Barton 1768-69
Sir Thomas Blackhall 1769-70 George Reynolds 1770-71
Francis Booker 1771-72 William Forbes 1772
Richard French 1772-73 William Lightburne 1773-74
Henry Hart 1774-75 Thomas Emerson 1775-76
Henry Bevan 1776-77 William Dunne 1777-78
Sir Anthony King 1778-79 James Hamilton 1779-80
Kilner Swettenham 1780-81 John Darragh 1781-82
Nathaniel Warren 1782-83 Thomas Green 1783-84
James Horan 1784-85 James Sheil 1785-86
George Alcock 1786-87 William Alexander 1787-88
John Rose 1788-89 John Exshaw 1789-90
Henry Hewison 1790-91 Henry Gore Sankey 1791-92
John Carleton 1792-93 William James 1793-94
Richard Moncrieff 1794-95 Sir William Worthington 1795-96
Samuel Reed 1796-97 Thomas Fleming 1797-98
Thomas Andrews 1798-99 John Sutton 1799-1800
John Exshaw 1800 Charles Thorp 1800-01
Richard Manders 1801-02 Jacob Poole 1802-03
Henry Hutton 1803-04 Meredith Jenkins 1804-05
James Vance 1805-06 Joseph Pemberton 1806-07
Hugh Trevor 1807-08 Frederick Darley 1808-09
Sir William Stamer, bt 1809-10 Nathaniel Hone 1810-11
William Henry Archer 1811-12 Abraham Bradley King 1812-13
John Cash 1813-14 John Claudius Beresford 1814-15
Robert Shaw 1815-16 Mark Bloxham 1816-17
John Alley 1817-18 Sir Thomas McKenny 1818-19
Sir William Stamer, bt 1819-20 Sir Abraham Bradley King, bt 1820-21
Sir John Kingston James, bt 1821-22 John Smith Fleming 1822-23
Richard Smyth 1823-24 Drury Jones 1824-25
Thomas Abbott 1825-26 Samuel Wilkinson Tyndall 1826-27
Sir Edmond Nugent 1827-28 Alexander Montgomery 1828-29
Jacob West 1829-30 Sir Robert Way Harty, bt 1830-31
Richard Smyth 1831 Sir Thomas Whelan 1831-32
Charles Palmer Archer 1832-33 Sir George Whiteford 1833-34
Arthur Perrin 1834-35 Arthur Morrison 1835-36
William Hodges 1836-37 Samuel Warren 1837-38
George Hoyte 1838-39 Sir Nicholas William Brady 1839-40
Sir John Kingston James, bt 1840-41 Daniel O'Connell 1841-42
George Roe 1842-43 Sir Timothy O'Brien, bt 1844
John L. Arabin 1845 John Keshan 1846
Michael Staunton 1847 Jeremiah Dunne 1848
Sir Timothy O'Brien, bt 1849 John Reynolds 1850
Benjamin Lee Guinness 1851 John D'Arcy 1852
Robert Henry Kinahan 1853 Sir Edward McDonnell 1854
Joseph Boyce 1855 Fergus Farrell 1856
Richard Atkinson 1857 John Campbell 1858
James Lambert 1859 Redmond Carroll 1860
Richard Atkinson 1861 Denis Moylan 1862
John Prendergast Vereker 1863 Peter Paul McSwiney 1864
Sir John Barrington 1865 James William Mackey 1866
William Lane Joynt 1867 Sir William Carroll 1868-69
Edward Purdon 1870 Patrick Bulfin 1871
John Campbell 1871 Robert Garde Durdin 1872
Sir James William Mackey 1873 Maurice Brooks 1874
Peter Paul McSwiney 1875 Sir George Bolster Owens, bt 1876
Hugh Tarpey 1877-78 Sir John Barrington 1879
Edmund Dwyer Gray 1880 George Moyers 1881
Charles Dawson 1882-83 William Meagher 1884
John O'Connor 1885 Timothy Daniel Sullivan 1886-87
Thomas Sexton 1888-89 Edward Joseph Kennedy 1890
Joseph Michael Meade 1891-92 James Shanks 1893
Valentine Blake Dillon 1894-95 Richard F. McCoy 1896-97
Daniel Tallon 1897-1900 Sir Thomas Devereux Pile, bt 1900-01
Timothy Charles Harrington 1901-04 Joseph Hutchinson 1904-06
Joseph Patrick Nannetti 1906-08 Gerald O'Reilly 1908-09
William Coffey 1909-10 Michael Doyle 1910-11
John J. Farrell 1911-12 Lorcan G. Sherlock 1912-15
James Mitchell Gallagher 1915-17 Laurence O'Neill 1917-24

1924 to date




Dublin City Council  suspended from 1924-1930
Byrne, Senator Alfred 1930-39 Uí Chléirigh, Caitlín Bean (Clarke) 1939-41
Ua Dubhghaill, Peadar Seán (Doyle) 1941-43 O'Sullivan, Martin 1943-45
Ua Dubhghaill, Peadar Seán (Doyle) 1945-46 McCann, John 1946-47
Cahill, Patrick Joseph 1947-48 Breen, John 1948-49
Breathnach, Cormac 1949-50 Belton, John 1950-51
Clarkin, Andrew S. 1951-53 Butler, Bernard 1953-54
Byrne, Alfred 1954-55 Larkin, Denis 1955-56
Briscoe, Robert 1956-57 Carroll, James 1957-58
Byrne, Catherine 1958-59 Brady, Philip A. 1959-60
Dockrell, Maurice Edward 1960-61 Briscoe, Robert 1961-62
O'Keefe, James 1962-63 Moore, Seán 1963-64
McCann, John 1964-65 Timmons, Eugene 1965-67
Stafford, Thomas 1967-68 Cluskey, Frank 1968-69



Dublin City Council suspended 1969-1974
O'Keefe, James 1974-75 Dunne, Patrick 1975-76
Mitchell, James 1976-77 Collins, Michael 1977-78
Belton, Patrick 1978-79 Cumiskey, William 1979-80
O'Brien, Fergus 1980-81 Fitzgerald, Alexis 1981-82
Browne, Daniel 1982-83 Keating, Michael 1983-84
O'Halloran Michael 1984-85 Tunney, Jim 1985-86
Ahern, Bertie 1986-87 Hederman, Carmencita 1987-88
Briscoe, Ben 1988-89 Haughey, Seán 1989-90
Donnelly, Michael 1990-91 Kenny, Seán 1991-92
Mitchell, Gay 1992-93 Mac Giolla, Tomás 1993-94
Gormley, John 1994-95 Loftus, Seán D. Dublin Bay Rockall 1995-96
Lynch, Brendan 1996-97 Stafford, John 1997-98
Doyle, Joe 1998-99 Freehill, Mary 1999-2000
Ahern, Maurice 2000-01 Mulcahy, Michael 2001-02
Creevy, Anthony June 2002 Lacey, Dermot 2002-03
Brady, Royston 2003-04 Conaghan, Michael 2004-05
Byrne, Catherine 2005-06 Jackson, Vincent 2006-07
Bourke, Paddy 2007-08 Byrne, Eibhlin 2008
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