List of mayors of Waterford

This is a list of mayors of Waterford.

Overview The mayor of Waterford wears a traditional gold chain during official duties.

The links on the chain commemorate individual past mayors, though the families of the mayors themselves are responsible for providing each link. Thus the number of links is far less than the total number of past mayors. Links may be added retroactively, usually by the descendants of past mayors.

Mayors are listed by year. Sources (Years 1377–1891),P.M. Egan's History of Waterford: Mayors of Waterford City (Other years).Google cache: Tripod Waterford History Site (Need better reference.)

1284–1299 1284 – Roger le Lom 1285 – Roger le Lom 1285 – 1286 There were no mayors. The city was administered by the Escheator of Ireland. 1294 – John le Tyler 1295 – John le Tyler 1296 – Ralph de Hampton 1297 – Ralph de Hampton 1298 – Ralph de Hampton 1299 – Ralph de Hampton

1300–1399 1300 – Ralph de Hampton 1301 – 1376 ***Require mayors for these dates. 1377 – William Lumbard 1378 – William Lumbard 1379 – William Chapman 1380 – William Madan 1381 – Philip Spell 1382 – Robert Sweetman 1383 – Robert Sweetman 1384 – William Lumbard 1385 – William Forstall 1386 – Robert Bruce 1387 – William Lumbard 1388 – William Poer 1389 – William Poer 1390 – Milo Poer 1391 – Walter Spence 1392 – William Chapman 1393 – John Rocket 1394 – Milo Poer 1395 – William Forstall 1396 – William Attamen 1397 – William Lincolne 1398 – Andrew Archer 1399 – John Eyenas

1400–1499 1400 – William Forstall 1401 – John Lumbard 1402 – John Lumbard 1403 – Nicholas Lumbard 1404 – William Poer 1405 – William Poer 1406 – Richard Brushbone 1407 – John Walsh 1408 – John Lumbard 1409 – Walter Attamen 1410 – William Power 1411 – John Roberts 1412 – John Rocket 1413 – Simon Wickins 1414 – John White 1415 – Nicholas Holland 1416 – William Russell 1417 – William Lincolne (or Lyncoll) 1418 – John Lumbard 1419 – John Lumbard 1420 – Roger Walsh 1421 – Simon Wickins 1422 – Thomas O'Kabrane 1423 – William Lincolne 1425 – Thomas O'Kabrane 1426 – William Lincolne 1427 – Peter Strong 1428 – Robert Lincolne 1429 – Peter Rice 1430 – Walter Attam 1431 – Peter Strong 1432 – Gilbert Dyer 1433 – Foulke Commerford 1434 – Peter Strong 1435 – Nicholas Gough 1436 – John Corr 1437 – John White 1438 – Nicholas Mulgan 1439 – John Rope 1440 – Thomas Hull 1441 – Nicholas Gough 1442 – William Stattadel 1443 – Nicholas Mulgan 1444 – Nicholas Mulgan 1445 – William Corr 1446 – William Corr 1447 – John Rope 1448 – Foulke Commerford 1449 – William Lincolne 1450 – William White 1451 – Richard Walsh 1452 – Maurice Wise 1453 – Patrick Rope 1454 – John Madan 1455 – William White 1456 – Robert Butler 1457 – John Madan 1458 – Richard Walsh 1459 – William White 1460 – Laurence Dobbin 1461 – John May 1462 – John Sherlock 1463 – John Corr 1464 – John Corr 1465 – Peter Strong 1466 – Nicholas Mulgan 1467 – John Butler 1468 – John Mulgan 1469 – James Rice 1470 – Nicholas Devereux 1471 – James Rice 1472 – James Rice 1473 – John Corr 1474 – John Corr 1475 – Peter Sherlock 1476 – Peter Lovet 1477 – James Rice 1478 – William Lincolne 1479 – John Corr 1480 – James Sherlock 1481 – Maurice Wyse 1482 – John Butler 1483 – James Rice 1484 – James Rice 1485 – Richard Strong 1486 – James Rice 1487 – John Butler 1488 – James Rice 1489 – Robert Lumbard 1490 – William Lumbard 1491 – Patrick Rope 1492 – William Lumbard 1493 – Robert Butler 1494 – Henry Fagan 1495 – John Madan

Charter was revoked between the years 1495 to 1509 inclusive for an unknown reason.

1500–1599 1510 – John Madan 1511 – John Butler 1512 – Nicholas Madan 1513 – John Madan 1514 – James Butler 1515 – Nicholas Madan 1516 – John Madan 1517 – Patrick Rope 1518 – Nicholas Madan 1519 – James Sherlock 1520 – John Madan 1521 – Richard Walsh 1522 – Peter Walsh 1523 – Nicholas Wyse 1524 – John Madan 1525 – James Sherlock 1526 – John Morgan 1527 – Nicholas Wyse 1528 – Patrick Walsh 1529 – James Sherlock 1530 – John Morgan 1531 – Nicholas Wyse 1532 – Patrick Walsh 1533 – William Wyse 1534 – James Sherlock 1535 – William Lincolne 1536 – John Morgan 1537 – Thomas Lumbard 1538 – Edward Sherlock 1539 – James Walsh 1540 – William Wyse 1541 – Peter Dobbin 1542 – James White 1543 – William Lincolne 1544 – Edward Sherlock 1545 – Thomas Lumbard 1546 – Peter Dobbin 1547 – James Walsh 1548 – James Madan 1549 – Thomas Sherlock 1550 – Walter Coltie 1551 – David Walsh 1552 – Peter Dobbin 1553 – James Dobbin 1554 – Maurice Wyse 1555 – Robert Walsh 1556 – Henry Walsh 1557 – Peter Dobbin 1558 – Maurice Wyse 1559 – John Sherlock 1560 – Peter Strong 1561 – John Wise 1562 – James Walsh 1563 – Henry Wyse 1564 – Peter Walsh 1565 – John Neal 1566 – Peter Alyward 1567 – Patrick Dobbin 1568 – Nicholas Alyward 1569 – Peter Walsh 1570 – Phillip Cummerford 1571 – George Wyse 1572 – John Maden 1573 – John Maden 1574 – James Walsh 1575 – James Butler 1576 – Peter Sherlock 1577 – Peter Alyward 1578 – Sir Patrick Walsh 1579 – Patrick Dobbin 1580 – James Sherlock 1581 – Richard Lestrange 1582 – Nicholas Lee 1583 – James Maden 1584 – John Leonard 1585 – Nicholas Cummerford 1586 – James Wyse 1592 – Nicholas Aylward 1593 – Patrick Morgan 1594 – Paul Sherlock 1595 – James White. 1596 – Thomas Wadding 1597 – Paul Strong 1598 – Thomas White 1599 – Richard Madan

1600–1699 1600 – Sir Edward Gough 1601 – Robert Walsh 1602 – Robert Walsh 1603 – James Lombard 1604 – Richard Madan 1605 – Thomas Wyse 1606 – John Sherlock 1607 – Thomas Strong 1608 – Stephen Leonard 1609 – Stephen Leonard 1610 – James LevettThe Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, Charles Smith, Mercier Press, 1746 1611 – Richard Wadding 1612 – Michael Browne 1613 – Robert Walsh 1614 – Walter Sherlock 1615 – Nicholas White 1616 – John Joy 1617 – Alexander Brien From 1617 to 1626, inclusive, there was no settled form of government in the city, owing to the refusal of the Roman Catholic Mayors to take the Oath of Supremacy. 1626 – James Woodlock 1627 – Sir Peter Aylward 1628 – John Sherlock 1629 – William Dobbin 1630 – Robert Wyse 1631 – James Walsh 1632 – Sir Thomas Sherlock 1633 – Sir Thomas Gough 1634 – Richard Strong 1635 – John Skiddy 1636 – Richard Butler 1637 – James White 1638 – Nicholas Wyse 1639 – Robert Lumbard 1640 – Mathew Grant 1641 – Francis Briver 1642 – Thomas White 1643 – Redmond Gerald 1644 – Luke White 1645 – Garret Lincolne 1646 – Paul Wadding 1647 – John Bluet 1648 – Sir John Walsh 1649 – John LevettLetter from John Lyvett, Mayor of Waterford, to Oliver Cromwell, The Works of Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, 1897 1650 – John Aylward 1651 – From 1650 to 1658 the City was governed by Commissioners appointed by Oliver Cromwell. 1656 – George Cawdron 1657 – Thomas Watts 1658 – Andrew Richard 1659 – John Houghton 1660 – Sir Thomas Dancer 1661 – Wiliam Halsey 1662 – William Bolton 1663 – John Eyeres 1664 – Thomas Christmas 1665 – George Deyos 1666 – Andrew Richard 1667 – Thomas Exton 1668 – John Heavens 1669 – John Heavens 1670 – William Hurst 1671 – Thomas Bolton 1672 – Henry Aland 1673 – Thomas Coote 1674 – Joseph Ivie 1675 – Michael Head 1676 – Henry Seagar 1677 – William Cooper 1678 – William Denis 1679 – Richard Seay 1680 – Zachary Clayton 1681 – William Fuller 1682 – Richard Maybank 1683 – William Fuller 1684 – Michael Head 1685 – William Godrick 1686 – William Godrick 1687 – Richard Fitzgerald 1688 – Richard Fitzgerald 1689 – Richard Fitzgerald 1690 – David Lloyde 1691 – Thomas Wyse and David Lloyde 1692 – Nicholas Porter 1693 – Francis Barker 1694 – Joseph Hopkins 1695 – Richard Christmas 1696 – John Mason 1697 – Sir John Mason 1698 – William Smith 1699 – Thomas Smith

1700–1799

1800–1891 1800 – Samuel King 1801 – Samuel Morgan 1802 – James Henry Reynett 1803 – Henry Alcock 1804 – James Henry Reynett 1805 – James Moore 1806 – Robert Lyon 1807 – William Alcock 1808 – Robert Lyon 1809 – John Burchall 1810 – Cornelius Bolton 1811 – John Denis 1812 – James Henry Reynett 1813 – Henry Sergeant 1814 – Robert Lyon 1815 – Harry Alcock 1816 – Cornelius Bolton 1817 – Samuel Morgan 1818 – Sir John Newport 1819 – James Hackett 1820 – Samuel King 1821 – William Murphy 1822 – Edward Weeks 1823 – James Hackett 1824 – Sir Simon Newport 1825 – John Snow 1826 – Edward Villiers Briscoe, mayor-elect, having died 10 September; Alderman Snow held the rod until 20 November (Ald. Snow died 22 November 1826), when, by mandamus from the King's Bench, the Common Council elected and swore in Henry Holdsworth Hunt, who died 25 June 1827, and was succeeded by Henry Alcock. 1827 – Thomas Carew 1828 – William Weekes 1829 – Michael Evelyn 1830 – Edmond Skottowe 1831 – Henry Alcock 1832 – Adam Rogers 1833 – William Hobbs 1834 – Thomas McCheane 1835 – Alexander Mann Alcock 1836 – John Harris 1837 – Matthew Poole 1838 – William M. Ardagh 1839 – Edward Hobson 1840 – Simon Newport 1841 – Thomas L. Mackesy, Municipal Reform Act came into operation on 7 November 1841. 1842 – Thomas L. Mackesy 1843 – Thomas Meagher 1844 – Thomas Meagher 1845 – Sir B. Morris 1846 – Sir B. Norris Wall 1847 – Owen Carroll 1848 – Silvester Phelan 1849 – James Kent 1850 – Richard Cooke 1851 – John Power 1852 – Michael Dobbyn 1853 – Thomas F. Strange 1854 – Henry Denny 1855 – John Aloysius Blake 1856 – John Aloysius Blake 1857 – John Aloysius Blake 1858 – John Everard Feehan 1859 – John Mackesy 1860 – Thomas Murphy 1861 – Pierse Cox 1862 – William Johnson 1863 – Andrew Ryan 1864 – John Lawler 1865 – John Lawler 1866 – P. K. Reid 1867 – Sir B. Morris, knt. 1868 – Patrick Anthony Power 1869 – Cornelius Redmond 1870 – Thomas Wilson 1871 – Henry Francis Slattery 1872 – James F. Scott 1873 – St. George Freeman 1874 – William Kent Cummins 1875 – John Thomas Ryan 1876 – John Thomas Ryan 1877 – Thomas Purcell 1878 – Patrick Manning 1879 – George I. Mackesy 1880 – Laurence A. Ryan 1881 – Laurence A. Ryan 1882 – Laurence A. Ryan 1883 – William Kelly 1884 – John Allingham 1885 – John Allingham 1886 – Richard Power 1887 – Richard Power 1888 – Thomas Toole 1889 – Thomas Toole 1890 – Thomas Toole 1891 – John Manning 1892 – John Manning 1893 – John Manning 1894 – Anthony Cadogan 1895 – William J. Smith 1896 – William J. Smith 1897 – James Knox 1898 – Henry Grainger 1899 – Laurence C. Strange

1900–1998

1999–2013 1999 – Pat Hayes 2000 – Davy Daniels 2001 – Hilary Quinlan 2002 – Oliver Clery 2003 – Tom Cunningham 2004 – Seamus Ryan 2005 – Davy Daniels 2006 – L. "Cha" O'Neill 2007 – Mary O'Halloran 2008 – Jack Walsh 2009 – John Halligan 2010 – Mary Roche 2011 – Pat Hayes 2012 – Jim Darcy 2013 – John Cummins

2014–present

In 2014, Waterford City and County Council was formed by the merger of Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council by the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The merged council then had a Mayor for the city and county. +YearMayor2014James Tobin2015John Cummins2016Adam Wyse2017Pat Nugent2018Declan Doocey2019John Pratt2020Damien Geoghegan2021Joe Kelly2022John O'Leary2023Joe Conway2024Jason Murphy2025Séamus Ryan2026Liam Brazil

See also List of kings of Waterford

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