The High Sheriff of Kilkenny City was the Sovereign's judicial representative in the city of the City of Kilkenny. Initially, an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
High Sheriffs of Kilkenny City 1334–1340: John Talbot 1407: Matthew Lappyng 1585: Thomas Cantwell 1736: Sir William Morres, 1st Baronet 1752: Edward Jollie 1813–1817: John Keogh; Henry Anderson (served for 20 years) 1835–1838: Benjamin Barton 1840–1842: Benjamin Barton 1843–1844: Sir John Blunden, 3rd Baronet 1845: John M'Craith, of Kilkenny. 1848: George Reade of Kilkenny 1849: John Newport Green of Lakeaview 1850: Richard Smithwick, of Birchfield, Kilkenny. 1853: John Wade 1854: Thomas Hart 1856: Edward Mulhallan of Seville Lodge, Kilkenny 1858: George P. Helsham of John Street, Kilkenny 1862: Thomas Power 1867: D. Cullen 1869: James Sullivan 1870: James Smithwick of Drakeland Joseph Empson John F. Smithwick Edmond Smithwick 1881: Richard Colles, of MillmountCounty Families of the United Kingdom 1883: Simon Morris 1884: Patrick Murphy 1886: Edward Fennessy
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