The Mansion House, Dublin

Leaders of the city

Dublin's first citizens, 1500–1950

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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...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus & Lisa-Marie Griffith, editors

Laurence O'Neill (1864–1943)

Lord Mayor of Dublin (1917–1924), patriot and man of peace

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Laurence O’Neill (1864-1943) was Lord Mayor of Dublin during key years in modern Irish history, 1917–1924. During these troubled years he held the confidence of his fellow councillors...
Author/Editor: Thomas J. Morrissey SJ

The Dublin Civic Portrait Collection

Patronage, politics and patriotism, 1603–2013

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*Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017* Beginning in the early 17th century and continuing to the present day, the city of Dublin...
Author/Editor: Mary Clark