Editing Lord Mayor of Dublin (section)

==Notable mayors==
{{See also|List of mayors of Dublin}}
*Richard Muton (1229–1230), Dublin's first Mayor
*[[Gilbert de Lyvet]] (1233–1234, 1235–1237)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DIIMAAAAYAAJ&dq=Gilbert+de+Livet+H.+S.+Sweetman&pg=PA101 |title=Gilbert de Livet, Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland, Great Britain Public Record Office, H.S. Sweetman, 1875 |year=1875 |access-date=15 October 2016 |archive-date=14 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914123136/https://books.google.com/books?id=DIIMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=Gilbert+de+Livet+H.+S.+Sweetman&source=web&ots=thXMbS-WE3&sig=7vXD-46iaN8lX_PE3vZFfgAiR1s&hl=en |url-status=live |last1=Sweetman |first1=Henry Savage }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgIGAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22de+livet%22+dublin&pg=PA117 |title=Registrum prioratus omnium sanctorum juxta Dublin, All Hallows' Priory, Richard Butler, 1845 |access-date=15 October 2016 |archive-date=12 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912174428/https://books.google.com/books?id=qgIGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=%22de+livet%22+dublin&source=web&ots=2a-AM1jN87&sig=lMKPKe1fCasMBQjy7rcltVVw-C4&hl=en |url-status=live |last1=Butler |first1=Richard |year=1845 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8mKRXrj-RYC&dq=%22de+livet%22+dublin&pg=PA78 |title=King Henry III to Gilbert Livet, Dublin, Histoire du Commerce et de la Navigation a Bordeaux, Francisque Michel, 1867 |access-date=15 October 2016 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809100533/https://books.google.com/books?id=v8mKRXrj-RYC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=%22de+livet%22+dublin&source=web&ots=kl4-kVxkxl&sig=dCtm7Okzrg1gPUAqRVXS7RABIgU&hl=en#PPA78,M1 |url-status=live |last1=Michel |first1=Francisque |year=1867 }}</ref>
*[[John Drake (mayor)|John Drake]], three times Mayor between 1401 and 1412, who led the Dubliners to victory over the O'Byrne clan of [[County Wicklow]] at the Battle of Bloody Bank in 1402
*[[Bartholomew Ball]] (1553–1554), whose widow Blessed [[Margaret Ball]] was martyred by their eldest son, Walter
*[[Walter Ball (alderman)|Walter Ball]] (1580–1581), Commissioner for Ecclesiastical Causes – implemented the [[English Reformation|Reformation]] in Dublin
*[[Francis Taylor (martyr)|Francis Taylor]] (1595–1596), who was incarcerated because of his [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]ism, and has been declared a [[martyr]] for his faith and [[beatified]] by the Catholic Church
*Sir Daniel Bellingham (1665–1666), first ''Lord'' Mayor
*Jean Desmynieres (1666–1667) and Lewis Desmynieres (1669–1670), [[Huguenot]] Lord Mayors of Dublin
*[[Michael Creagh (politician)|Sir Michael Creagh]] (1688–1689) who, although a Protestant, was a supporter of the Catholic [[James II of England|James II]]
*Sir [[Mark Rainsford]] (1700–1701), the original founder of what was to become St James' Gate (Guinness) Brewery
*[[Daniel O'Connell]] (1841–1842), leader of campaigns for [[Catholic Emancipation]] and [[Repeal Association|Repeal]] of the [[Acts of Union 1800|Acts of Union]]; first Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1690
*Sir [[John Barrington (Lord Mayor of Dublin)|John Barrington]] (1865–1866 and 1879–1880), the first [[Quaker]] to hold the office
*[[Thomas Devereux Pile|Sir Thomas Devereux Pile]] (1900-1901), the last Unionist to hold office
*[[Laurence O'Neill]] (1917–1924), who was Lord Mayor throughout the [[Irish War of Independence]] and the [[Irish Civil War]]<ref name=dib>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/oneill-laurence-a9555|title=O'Neill, Laurence|work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[Alfie Byrne]] (1930–1939 and 1954–1955), the longest-serving Lord Mayor of Dublin in the office's 800-year history 
*[[Kathleen Clarke]] (1939–1941), the first woman in the post<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/16/opinion/eight-women-of-irelands-1916-easter-rising.html|title= Eight Women of the Easter Rising|work= [[The New York Times]]|author=Walshe, Sadhbh|date= 16 March 2016|access-date = 10 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[Robert Briscoe (politician)|Robert Briscoe]] (1956–1957 and 1961–1962), the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/briscoe-robert-emmet-a0965|title=Briscoe, Robert Emmet|work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[Tomás Mac Giolla]] (1993–1994), former [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|republican]] prisoner and long-time leader of [[Sinn Féin]], and later the [[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Worker's Party of Ireland]] 
*[[Hazel Chu]] (2020–2021), the first person of Chinese ethnicity to be mayor of a European capital<ref name="SCMP_prof">{{cite news |last1=Carney |first1=John |title=Dublin's first ethnic-Chinese mayor on racism, her parents' work ethic, and teaching poor children in China |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3095902/dublins-first-ethnic-chinese-mayor-racism-her-parents-work-ethic-and |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=5 August 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311001907/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3095902/dublins-first-ethnic-chinese-mayor-racism-her-parents-work-ethic-and |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 August 2020|title=Hazel Chu on being a woman of colour in Irish politics|url=https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2020/0731/1156680-hazel-chu-on-being-a-woman-of-colour-in-irish-politics/|work=[[RTÉ]]|access-date=23 April 2021|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426064002/https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2020/0731/1156680-hazel-chu-on-being-a-woman-of-colour-in-irish-politics/|url-status=live}}</ref>