List of mayors of Galway

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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)

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### 15th century

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Year  | Name

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1485–1486 | Peirce Lynch fitz John
1486–1487 | Dominick Dubh Lynch fitz John
1487–1488 | John Blake fitz William
1488–1489 | Geoffrey Lynch
1489–1490 | John Lynch fitz John
1490–1491 | Robuck Lynch
1491–1492 | John Skerrett
1492–1493 | Thomas Lynch fitz Edmond
1493–1494 | James Lynch fitz Stephen
1494–1495 | John Lynch fitz Edmond
1495–1496 | Thomas Blake
1496–1497 | Walter Lynch fitz Robert
1497–1498 | Dominick Dubh Lynch fitz John
1498–1499 | Andrew Lynch
1499–1500 | James Lynch fitz Martin

### 16th century

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Year  | Name

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1500–1501 | Geoffrey Lynch
1501–1502 | Robuck Lynch
1502–1504 | Edmond Deane
1504–1505 | Stephen Lynch fitz Dominick Dubh
1505–1506 | Walter Lynch fitz Thomas
1506–1507 | Thomas Bodkin
1507–1508 | Arthur Lynch
1508–1509 | Stephen Lynch fitz Dominick Dubh
1509–1510 | Stephen Lynch fitz James
1510–1511 | James Lynch fitz Stephen
1511–1512 | James Lynch fitz Geoffrey
1512–1513 | James Lynch fitz Martin
1513–1514 | Walter Lynch fitz Thomas
1514–1515 | Stephen Lynch fitz Walter
1515–1516 | James Lynch fitz Stephen
1516–1517 | Stephen Lynch fitz James
1517–1518 | Stephen Lynch fitz Dominick Dubh
1518–1519 | John Bodkin fitz Richard
1519–1520 | Wylliam Martin
1520–1522 | Martin Font
1522–1523 | Stephen Lynch fitz Dominick Dubh
1523–1524 | Stephen Lynch fitz James
1524–1525 | Adam Font
1525–1526 | Wylliam Martin
1526–1527 | Rychard Martin
1527–1528 | William Morris
1528–1529 | John Lynch fitz Andrew
1529–1530 | Richard Gare Lynch
1530–1531 | John Óge Kirwan
1531–1533 | James Skerrett
1533–1534 | Richard Blake
1534–1535 | Thomas Kirwan
1535–1537 | Rychard Martin
1537–1538 | Martin Lynch fitz James
1538–1539 | Seán an tSalainn French
1539–1540 | Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew and
Arthur French fitz Geoffrey
1540–1541 | Thomas Lynch
1541–1542 | Dominick Lynch
1542–1543 | Henry Joyce
1543–1544 | Jonathan Lynch
1544–1545 | Edmund Lynch
1545–1546 | Thomas Blake
1546–1547 | Stephen Lynch fitz Arthur
1547–1548 | Thomas Kirwan
1548–1549 | Dominick Lynch fitz John
1549–1550 | Thomas Óge Martyn
1550–1551 | Richard Kirwan
1551–1552 | John Óge Lynch
1552–1553 | John Óge Lynch fitz Stephen
1553–1554 | Patrick Lynch
1554–1555 | Nicholas Lynch fitz Stephen
1555–1556 | Nicholas Blake
1556–1557 | William Skerrett
1557–1558 | James Óge Lynch
1558–1559 | Ambrose Lynch fitz Martin
1559–1560 | Thomas Blake
1560–1561 | Stephen Lynch fitz Arthur
1561–1562 | Nicholas Lynch fitz Stephen
1562–1563 | Thomas Blake
1563–1564 | Thomas Óge Martyn
1564–1565 | Nicholas Blake
1565–1566 | Peter French fitz Valentine
1566–1567 | James Kirwan
1567–1568 | Edmond Kirwan
1568–1569 | Dominick French
1569–1570 | Givane Font
1570–1571 | Denis Kirwan
1571–1572 | Robuck Lynch
1572–1573 | John Lynch
1573–1574 | Pierce Lynch fitz Oliver
1574–1575 | Andrew Browne and
James Kirwan
1575–1576 | Dominick Browne
1576–1577 | Peter French fitz John
1577–1578 | Pierce Lynch
1578–1579 | John Blake fitz Richard
1579–1580 | Martin French
1580–1581 | Dominick Lynch
1581–1582 | Peter Lynch fitz Marcus
1582–1583 | Robuck French fitz John
1583–1584 | Nicholas French
1584–1585 | Nicholas Lynch
1585–1586 | James Lynch fitz Arthur
1586–1587 | William Óge Martyn
1587–1588 | John Blake
1588–1589 | Andrew Morris
1589–1590 | Richard Browne
1590–1591 | James Lynch (fitz Ambrose)
1591–1592 | Ulick Lynch fitz Edmond
1592–1593 | Valentine French
1593–1594 | John Martin
1594–1595 | Rolande Skerrett
1595–1596 | Marcus Lynch fitz Nicholas
1596–1597 | Oliver Óge French
1597–1598 | Anthony Lynch fitz Marcus
1598–1599 | Nicholas Kirwan fitz Denis
1599–1600 | Michael Lynch

### 17th century

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Year  | Name

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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)

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Year  | Name

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1654 | Peter Stubbers
1655 | Humphrey Hurd
1656 | Paul Dodd
1657 | Gabriel King
1658 | Sir Charles Coote
1659 | John Mathews
1660 | John Morgan
1661 | John Eyre
1662 | Henry Greneway
1663 | Edward Eyre
1664 | John Morgan
1665 | John Spencer (till 1668)
1669 | John Peters
1670 | John May
1671 | Richard Ormsby
1672 | Gregory Constable (till 1673)
1674 | Theodore Russell (till 1685)
1686 | John Kirwan (fitz Stephen) (till 1687)
1688 | Dominick Browne (till 1689)
1690 | Alexandar McDonnell
1691 | Sir Henry Bellasyse

## Penal era (1692–1761)

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Year  | Name

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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)

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Year  | Name

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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

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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

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### 20th century

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Year  | Name  | Party  | Notes

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1937–1950  | Joseph J. Costello |  |  |
1950–1952  | Michael O'Flaherty |  |  |
1952–1953  | Michael Lydon |  | Fianna Fáil |
1953–1954  | Joseph Owens |  |  |
1954–1960  | Peter Greene |  |  |
1960–1961  | James Redington |  |  |
1961–1962  | Fintan Coogan Snr |  | Fine Gael |
1962–1963  | Patrick D. Ryan |  |  |
1963–1964  | Martin Divilly |  |  |
1964–1965  | Patrick O'Flaherty |  |  |
1965–1966  | Brendan Holland |  |  |
1966–1967  | Brendan Holland |  |  |
1967–1968  | Thomas Tierney |  |  |
1968–1969  | Bobby Molloy |  | Fianna Fáil |
1969–1970  | Fintan Coogan Snr |  | Fine Gael |
1970–1971  | Martin Divilly |  |  |
1971–1972  | Mickey Smyth |  | Labour |
1972–1973  | Michéal Ó hUiginn |  | Fianna Fáil |
1973–1974  | Patrick O'Flaherty |  |  |
1974–1975  | Fintan Coogan Snr |  | Fine Gael |
1975–1976  | Mary Byrne |  | Fianna Fáil | First female mayor
1976–1977  | Gerard G. Colgan |  |  |
1977–1978  | Shelia Jordan |  |  |
1978–1979  | John Francis King |  |  |
1979–1980  | Michéal Ó hUiginn |  | Fianna Fáil |
1980–1981  | Bridie O'Flaherty |  | Fianna Fáil |
Jul–Dec 1981  | Claude Toft |  |  | Died in Office
Dec 1981–1982  | Michael D. Higgins |  | Labour |
1982–1983  | Pat McNamara |  | Independent |
1983–1984  | Michael Leahy |  | Fianna Fáil |
1984–1985  | Mary Byrne |  | Fianna Fáil |
1985–1986  | Bridie O'Flaherty |  | Fianna Fáil | Joined the Progressive Democrats while mayor
1986–1987  | John Mulholland |  | Fine Gael |
1987–1988  | Martin Connolly |  | Progressive Democrats |
1988–1989  | Fintan Coogan Jnr |  | Fine Gael |
1989–1990  | Angela Lupton |  | Fine Gael |
1990–1991  | Michael D. Higgins |  | Labour |
1991–1992  | Michael Leahy |  | Fianna Fáil |
1992–1993  | Pádraic McCormack |  | Fine Gael |
1993–1994  | Henry O'Connor |  | Fianna Fáil |
1994–1995  | Fintan Coogan Jnr |  | Fine Gael |
1995–1996  | Michéal Ó hUiginn |  | Fianna Fáil |
1996–1997  | John Mulholland |  | Fine Gael |
1997–1998  | Michael Leahy |  | Fianna Fáil |
1998–1999  | Angela Lynch-Lupton |  | Fine Gael |
1999–2000  | Declan McDonnell  |  | Progressive Democrats |

### 21st century

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Year  | Name  | Party  | Notes

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2000–2001  | Martin Quinn |  | Fianna Fáil |
2001–2002  | Donal Lyons |  | Progressive Democrats |
2002–2003  | Val Hanley |  | Fianna Fáil |
2003–2004  | Terry O'Flaherty |  | Progressive Democrats | Daughter of former mayor Bridie O'Flaherty
2004–2005  | Catherine Connolly |  | Labour |
2005–2006  | Brian Walsh |  | Fine Gael | Youngest recorded Mayor of Galway[2]
2006–2007  | Niall Ó Brolcháin |  | Green |
2007–2008  | Tom Costello |  | Labour |
2008–2009  | Pádraig Conneely |  | Fine Gael |
2009–2010  | Declan McDonnell  |  | Independent |
2010–2011  | Michael Crowe  |  | Fianna Fáil |
2011–2012  | Hildegarde Naughton |  | Fine Gael |
2012–2013  | Terry O'Flaherty |  | Independent |
2013–2014  | Pádraig Conneely |  | Fine Gael |
2014–2015  | Donal Lyons |  | Independent |
2015–2016  | Frank Fahy  |  | Fine Gael |
2016–2017  | Noel Larkin  |  | Independent |
2017–2018  | Pearce Flannery  |  | Fine Gael |
2018–2019  | Níall McNelis |  | Labour |
2019–2021  | Mike Cubbard |  | Independent |
2021–2022  | Colette Connolly  |  | Independent |
2022–2023  | Clodagh Higgins  |  | Fine Gael |
2023–2024  | Eddie Hoare  |  | Fine Gael |
2024–present  | Peter Keane  |  | Fianna Fáil |

## See also

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* List of rulers and officers of Galway 1230–1485

## References

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1. ^ Local Government (Galway) Act 1937, s. 4: Formation of the Borough of Galway (No. 3P of 1937, s. 4). Enacted on 10 June 1937. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 June 2021.
2. ^ "Archived copy". archives.tcm.ie. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

## Sources

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* "History of Galway", James Hardiman, 1820.
* "Blake Family Records", Vol. I, Martin J. Blake, 1902.