Robuck French fitz John,
Mayor of Galway
The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area of the city of Galway which is the largest city in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. Th ...
1582-83.
On 3 December 1582,
Sir Nicholas Malby
Sir Nicholas Malby (1530?–1584) was an English soldier active in Ireland, Lord President of Connaught from 1579 to 1581.
Life
He was born probably about 1530. In 1556 his name appears in a list of persons willing to take part in the plantatio ...
wrote to
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
that the peace of the town had been threatened by a very serious quarrel between Mayor French and some of his colleagues on the town council. The matter was apparently concerning the Mayor's attempt to appoint his son, Edmond, as one of the two town bailiffs. The quarrel grew so serious that Malby bound all concerned to the peace, and stationed sixty foot soldiers from the town garrison about the town to ensure no disturbances arose.
French died in 1602, having had at least three children; Walter, Edmond (Mayor in 1606) and Margaret. The latter was the mother of Mayor
Francis Blake, 1640-41.
See also
*
Tribes of Galway
The Tribes of Galway () were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Brown ...
*
Galway
Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
References
* ''History of Galway'',
James Hardiman
James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian.
Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...
,
Galway
Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
, 1820.
* ''Old Galway'',
Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan
Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan was professor of history at Queens College, Galway (now NUI Galway) from 1914 to 1957.
Biography
One of ten children, four of whom survived infancy, Donovan was born at Fair Hill Road in Galway on 24 November ...
, 1942.
* Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001''. Galway: Galway City Council.
* Martyn, Adrian (2016). ''The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642''
Mayors of Galway
16th-century Irish politicians
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