The Mansion House
The Mansion House, on Dawson Street, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government in the capital of Ireland. He or she is elected annually by members of Dublin City Council (previously known as Dublin Corporation) from amongst its members. The current Lord Mayor (June 2005 to June 2006) is Councillor Catherine Byrne. A member of Fine Gael, the second largest group on the council, Cllr Byrne represents the South West Inner City area of Dublin on the council. She is Dublin's 336th Lord Mayor. The deputy Lord Mayor is Councillor Bronwen Maher, a member of the Green Party. Before 1840, the Lord Mayor was selected through a complicated method from the City Assembly. In 1840 the whole method of election to the new Council was fundamentally reformed and democratised, by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. Mansion House, Dublin. ... Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Dublin Corporation is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between the twelfth century and 1 January 2002. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ... The Municipal Corporations Act (Ireland) 1840, (3 & 4 Vict. ...

The office of Mayor of Dublin was created in June 1229 by Prince Henry III. (English monarchs were style "Prince" in Ireland until Henry VIII "asked" the Irish Parliament to give him the title "King"). It was elevated to Lord Mayor in 1665 by King Charles I. Lords Mayor were ex-officio members of the Irish Privy Council. Though the Irish Privy Council was de facto abolished in 1922, the honorific that indicated membership, the Right Honourable (Rt. Hon.) was put before the Lord Mayor's title until 2002. Except on a handful of occasions where the city government has been suspended for not striking a rate (a level of local tax), Dublin has had a mayor for nearly eight hundred years. Events March 18 - Sixth Crusade of Emperor Frederick II ends in truce with Sultan al-Kamil and coronation of Frederick as King of Jerusalem. ... Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272) is one of the least-known British monarchs, considering the great length of his reign. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... This article is about the legislature abolished in 1801. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ... Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of Scotland, England and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his execution. ... The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Rates are a form of taxation system in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, such as New Zealand, historically used to fund local government. ...

Among the famous (and infamous) Dublin Lords Mayor were:

• Richard Muton 1229-1230 (Dublin's first Mayor)
• Bartholomew Ball 1553-1554 (his wife Blessed Margaret Ball nee Birmingham was martyred by her son Walter)
• Walter Ball 1580-1581 (Commissioner for Ecclesiatical Causes - implemented the Reformation in Dublin)
• Francis Taylor 1595-1596 (martyred January 29, 1621)
• Sir Daniel Belingham 1665-1666 (first Lord Mayor)
• Daniel O'Connell, MP 1841-1842 (first Roman Catholic Lord Mayor since 1690)
• Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet 1851
• Peter Paul McSwiney - 1864 (Daniel O'Connell'nephew)
• Sir John Barrington - 1865
• Peter Paul McSwiney - 1875 (Daniel O'Connell'nephew)
• Edmund Dwyer Gray - 1880
• Sir Thomas Devereux Pile (Baronet) 1900-1901
• Laurence O'Neill - 1917-1924
• Alfie Byrne, TD - 1930-1939
• Caitlín Bean Uí Chléirigh 1939-1941 (first female Lord Mayor)
• Robert Briscoe 1961-1962 (first Jewish Lord Mayor)
• Jim Mitchell 1976-1977 (youngest Lord Mayor, aged 29)
• Bertie Ahern 1986-1987 (current Taoiseach)
• Ben Briscoe 1988-1989 (first son of a previous Lord Mayor)
• Seán Haughey 1989-1990 (son of then Taoiseach, Charles Haughey)
• Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 1995-1996

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The Lord Mayor of Dublin resides in the eighteeth century Mansion House (shown above) in Dawson Street. The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and has been since 1715. ...

See also

• Irish State Coach
• Lord Mayor of Cork