The Mayor of Galway is the head of Galway City Council and first citizen of Galway, Ireland. This is a list of the mayors of Galway, from 1485 to the present.
"Tribes" period (1485–1654)
15th century
16th century
17th century
| Year
|
Name
|
| 1600–1601 |
Francis Martin fitz Thomas
|
| 1601–1602 |
Christopher Lynch fitz George
|
| 1602–1603 |
James Riabhach Darcy and
Christopher Lynch fitz George
|
| 1603–1604 |
Marcus Lynch fitz Stephen
|
| 1604–1605 |
Marcus French fitz John
|
| 1605–1606 |
John Skerrett fitz William
|
| 1606–1607 |
Edmond French fitz Robuck
|
| 1607–1608 |
Richard Martin fitz William
|
| 1608–1609 |
Stephen Kirwan
|
| 1609–1610 |
Oliver Browne and
Ullick Lynch
|
| 1610–1611 |
Richard Bodkin
|
| 1611–1612 |
Sir Valentine Blake and
Richard Martin fitz William
|
| 1612–1613 |
Sir Thomas Rotheram
|
| 1613–1614 |
Walter Martyn
|
| 1614–1615 |
Nicholas Darcy
|
| 1615–1617 |
Pierce Lynch fitz John Óge
|
| 1617–1618 |
Francis French fitz Peter
|
| 1618–1619 |
Nicholas Lynch fitz George
|
| 1619–1620 |
James Darcy fitz James
|
| 1620–1621 |
Andrew Lynch fitz John
|
| 1621–1622 |
Robert Martin and
Richard Martin fitz William
|
| 1622–1623 |
Patrick Martin fitz Walter
|
| 1623–1624 |
Marcus Óge French fitz Marcus
|
| 1624–1625 |
Robert Blake fitz Walter
|
| 1625–1626 |
Thomas Lynch fitz Nicholas
|
| 1626–1627 |
James Lynch fitz Martin
|
| 1627–1628 |
Sir Richard Blake fitz Richard
|
| 1628–1629 |
John Lynch fitz Richard
|
| 1629–1630 |
Nicholas Lynch fitz Jonathan
|
| 1630–1631 |
Sir Valentine Blake
|
| 1631–1632 |
George Martin fitz Walter
|
| 1632–1633 |
Geoffrey Martin
|
| 1633–1634 |
Patrick French
|
| 1634–1635 |
Sir Dominick Browne
|
| 1635–1636 |
Nicholas Mór Lynch fitz Marcus
|
| 1636–1637 |
Anthony Lynch fitz James
|
| 1637–1638 |
Sir Thomas Blake
|
| 1638–1639 |
Sir Robuck Lynch
|
| 1639–1640 |
John Bodkin fitz Dominick
|
| 1640–1641 |
Francis Blake
|
| 1641–1642 |
Walter Lynch fitz James
|
| 1642–1643 |
Richard Óge Martyn
|
| 1643–1644 |
Sir Valentine Blake
|
| 1644–1645 |
James Darcy fitz Nicholas
|
| 1645–1646 |
Edmond Kirwan fitz Patrick
|
| 1646–1647 |
John Blake fitz Nicholas
|
| 1647–1648 |
Walter Browne
|
| 1648–1649 |
Sir Walter Blake
|
| 1649–1650 |
Thomas Lynch fitz Marcus
|
| 1650–1651 |
Oliver Óge French
|
| 1651–1652 |
Richard Kirwan fitz Thomas
|
| 1652–1653 |
Michael Lynch fitz Stephen
|
| 1653–1654 |
Martine Lynch fitz Anthony
|
| 1654 |
Tomás Lynch fitz Ambrose
|
Commonwealth and Restoration (1654–1691)
Penal era (1692–1761)
| Year
|
Name
|
| 1692–1693 |
Thomas Revett
|
| 1694–1695 |
Thomas Simcokes
|
| 1696 |
Thomas Cartwright
|
| 1697–1698 |
John Gerry
|
| 1699 |
Thomas Andrews
|
| 1700 |
Richard Browne
|
| 1701–1702 |
Thomas Staunton
|
| 1703 |
James Ribett Vigie
|
| 1704–1705 |
John Eyre
|
| 1707 |
Richard Wall
|
| 1708 |
John Gibbs
|
| 1709 |
Jarvis Hinds
|
| 1710–1711 |
Edward Eyre
|
| 1712–1713 |
Samuel Eyre
|
| 1714–1714 |
Robert Blakeney
|
| 1716 |
Robert Coates
|
| 1717–1718 |
Mark Wall
|
| 1719–1720 |
Samuel Simcockes
|
| 1721–1722 |
William Hinde
|
| 1723 |
James Ribett Vigie
|
| 1724 |
George Gerry
|
| 1725 |
George Staunton
|
| 1726 |
Charles Gerry
|
| 1727 |
Charles Revett
|
| 1728 |
Richard Revett
|
| 1729 |
John Gibbs
|
| 1730 |
John Staunton
|
| 1731 |
Walter Taylor
|
| 1732 |
Charles Morgan
|
| 1733 |
Geoffrey Cooke
|
| 1734 |
John Bird
|
| 1735 |
Dominick Burke
|
| 1736 |
John Staunton
|
| 1737 |
Dominick Burke
|
| 1738 |
Richard FitzPatrick
|
| 1739 |
Henry Ellis
|
| 1740 |
Thomas Holland
|
| 1741 |
Robert Cooke
|
| 1742 |
John Disney
|
| 1743 |
Thomas Shaw
|
| 1744 |
George Purdon
|
| 1745 |
John Mills
|
| 1746 |
Croasdile Shaw
|
| 1747 |
James O'Hara
|
| 1748 |
James Disney
|
| 1749 |
John Eyre
|
| 1750 |
Francis Annesley
|
| 1751 |
James Staunton
|
| 1752 |
John Hamlin
|
| 1753 |
Ambrose Poole
|
| 1754 |
George Eyre Simcocks
|
| 1755 |
John Shaw
|
| 1756 |
Patrick Blake
|
| 1757 |
Robert Cooke
|
| 1758 |
Edward Sheilds
|
| 1759 |
Croasdaile Shaw
|
| 1760 |
Thomas French
|
| 1761 |
Charles Revett
|
Daly regime (1762–1840)
| Year
|
Name
|
| 1762–1763 |
Charles Daly
|
| 1763–1764 |
Henry Ellis
|
| 1764–1765 |
John Eyre
|
| 1765–1766 |
James Daly
|
| 1766–1767 |
Henry White
|
| 1767–1768 |
John Gibson
|
| 1768–1769 |
Thomas Taylor
|
| 1769–1770 |
Denis Daly
|
| 1770–1771 |
Anthony Daly
|
| 1772–1773 |
Denis Daly
|
| 1774 |
|
| 1775 |
Elias Tankervill
|
| 1776 |
George Carter
|
| 1777 |
James Shee
|
| 1778 |
Denis Daly
|
| 1799 |
Peter Daly
|
| 1800 |
Hyacinth Daly
|
| 1801 |
Peter Daly
|
| 1802 |
Hyacinth Daly
|
| 1803 |
Denis Bowes Daly
|
| 1804 |
James Daly
|
| 1805 |
Hyacinth Daly
|
| 1806–1807 |
Denis Bowes Daly
|
| 1808 |
Hyacinth Daly
|
| 1809 |
Denis Bowes Daly
|
| 1810 |
James Daly
|
| 1811 |
Hyacinth Daly
|
| 1812 |
Denis Bowes Daly
|
| 1813–1816 |
Hyacinth Daly
|
| 1817 |
Parnell Gale
|
| 1818–1819 |
James Daly
|
| 1820–1822 |
James Hardiman Burke
|
| 1823–1824 |
James Daly
|
| 1825–1829 |
James Hardiman Burke
|
| 1830–1836 |
John Blake
|
| 1836–1840 |
Edmond Blake
|
Galway Urban District Council
Galway Corporation was abolished in 1841 under the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. It became an urban district under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Its borough corporation was in 1937.[1]
Mayoralty restored: Mayors since 1937
20th century
21st century
See also
References
Sources
- "History of Galway", James Hardiman, 1820.
- "Blake Family Records", Vol. I, Martin J. Blake, 1902.
