Leaders of the city : Dublin's first citizens, 1500-1950 / Ruth McManus & Lisa-Marie Griffith, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McManus, Ruth.

Griffith, Lisa-Marie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayors--Ireland--Dublin--Biography.

Mayors.

Dublin (Ireland)--Politics and government.

Dublin (Ireland).

Dublin (Ireland)--Biography.

Ireland--Dublin.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2013]

Summary:

The lord mayor is the first citizen of Dublin city and chairperson of the elected council. The office of mayor, created in 1229 and restyled lord mayor in 1665, has been held by diverse individuals who have left their mark on the city in sometimes surprising ways. Covering themes, such as civil liberty and civic politics, religion, and the urban environment, this book profiles some of the best-known figures to have held the office of lord mayor - including Sir Daniel Bellingham (Dublin's first lord mayor), Daniel O'Connell, J.P. Nannetti, Lorcan Sherlock, Kathleen Clarke (first woman lord mayor of Dublin) and Alfie Byrne-as well as others who, although less well-remembered today, played a significant role in urban politics and society. Book jacket.

Contents:

An introduction to Dublin's first citizens / Lisa-Marie Griffith Griffith, Lisa-Marie, Ruth McManus McManus, Ruth 15

Mayor Francis Taylor (1595-6), the martyred mayor / Colm Lennon Lennon, Colm 35

Sir James Carroll: a pragmatic Protestant mayor in the early seventeenth century / Patricia Stapleton Stapleton, Patricia 44

Mayor William Smith (1642-7, 1663-5, 1675-6) and the building of the tholsel / Raymond Gillespie Gillespie, Raymond 53

Sir Daniel Bellingham, Dublin's first lord mayor, 1665 / Janet Redmond Redmond, Janet 63

John Exshaw: champion of Dublin's merchants / Máire Kennedy Kennedy, Máire 74

Henry Gore Sankey: the portrait of a perfect mayor, 1791-2 / Lisa-Marie Griffith Griffith, Lisa-Marie 85

Lord Mayor Thomas McKenny and Catholic emancipation, 1818-19 / Jacqueline Hill Hill, Jacqueline 98

Daniel O'Connell and Dublin's quest for a new mayoral image, 1841-71 / Mary E. Clark Clark, Mary E. 107

'A rather mild sort of rebel': J.P. Nannetti / Ciarán Wallace Wallace, Ciarán 120

'Little' Lorcan Sherlock, 1912-15 / Lydia Carroll Carroll, Lydia 131

Lord Mayor Laurence O'Neill, Alderman Tom Kelly and Dublin's housing crisis / Ruth McManus McManus, Ruth 141

Legendary Lord Mayor Alfie Byrne / David McEllin McEllin, David 152

Kathleen Clarke, first woman lord mayor of Dublin / Helen Litton Litton, Helen 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index.

ISBN:

9781846823473

1846823471

OCLC:

779879827