As Sligo recently celebrated 400 years of being a borough, we have delved into the archives and produced a list of 400 Years of the provosts and mayor’s of Sligo Town and mayors of Sligo Municipal Council from 1612 to 2013.

By Royal Letters Patent passed 30th March, in the eleventh year of his reign, the king ordained that the town, with all appertaining to it, should be one entire and free Borough of itself, by the name of the Borough of Sligo, and that within this Borough there should be one body corporate and politic, consisting of one Provost, twelve free Burgesses, and the Commonalty, with powers for all future time to purchase, receive, and possess lands, tenements, and other goods, as well as to dispose of the same; there was a sweeping clause enabling them to do and execute all and singular other deeds and things, also that this body so constituted could sue at law and be sued, and that they should have power to elect two discreet and fit men to serve in every Parliament.

As Wood-Martin‘s synopsis of the King James 1st Charter indicates, the Charter provided for the creation of the office of Provost which was later replaced under the Municipal Reform Act, 1842, by the position of Mayor, an office which exists to this day.

Provosts of Sligo 1612 to 1842

Year Provost of Sligo
1612 Roger Jones
1616 George Crofton
1641 Robert Gamble
1642 Robert Gamble
1643 John Braxton
1660 Captain Charles Collis

Incomplete records were kept until 1709, it wasn’t until that year that records commenced and are endorsed.

Year Provost of Sligo
1709 James Bennett
1710 John De Butt
1711 John Booth
1712 John De Butt
1713 John De Butt
1714 John De Butt
1715 William Ormsby
1716 Thomas Jennings
1717 Thomas Jennings
1718 John Booth
1719 John Booth
1720 John De Butt
1721 John De Butt
1722 Mitchelburn Knox
1723 Mitchelburn Knox
1724 Mitchelburn Knox
1725 Owen Wynne
1726 Owen Wynne
1727 George Ormsby
1728 George Ormsby
1729 George Ormsby
1730 Owen Wynne
1731 Owen Wynne
1732 Owen Wynne
1733 Laurence Vernon
1734 Laurence Vernon
1735 Laurence Vernon
1736 Laurence Vernon
1737 Laurence Vernon
1738 Laurence Vernon
1739 Laurence Vernon
1740 Laurence Vernon
1741 Laurence Vernon
1742 Laurence Vernon
1743 Laurence Vernon
1744 Laurence Vernon
1745 Laurence Vernon
1746 Laurence Vernon
1747 Laurence Vernon
1748 Laurence Vernon
1749 Laurence Vernon
1750 Laurence Vernon
1751 Laurence Vernon
1752 Laurence Vernon
1753 William Vernon
1754 William Vernon
1755 William Vernon
1756 William Vernon
1757 William Vernon
1758 William Vernon
1759 William Vernon
1760 Edward Martin
1761 Edward Martin
1762 Edward Martin
1763 Edward Martin
1764 Edward Martin
1765 Edward Martin
1766 Edward Martin
1767 Edward Martin
1768 Edward Martin
1769 Rev.Thomas Cuff
1770 Rev.Thomas Cuff
1771 Rev.Thomas Cuff
1772 Rev.Thomas Cuff
1773 Rev.Thomas Cuff
1774 Rev.Thomas Cuff
1775 Folliott Wynne
1776 Folliott Wynne
1777 Folliott Wynne
1778 Folliott Wynne
1779 Folliott Wynne
1780 Folliott Wynne
1781 Folliott Wynne
1782 Folliott Wynne
1783 Folliott Wynne
1784 Owen Wynne
1785 Thomas Soden
1786 Thomas Soden
1787 Thomas Soden
1788 Thomas Soden
1789 Thomas Soden
1790 Thomas Soden
1791 Thomas Soden
1792 Thomas Soden
1793 Thomas Soden
1794 Thomas Soden
1795 Thomas Soden
1796 Thomas Soden
1797 Thomas Soden
1798 Thomas Soden
1799 Thomas Soden
1800 Thomas Soden
1801 Thomas Soden
1802 Thomas Soden
1803 Thomas Soden
1804 Thomas Soden
1805 Thomas Soden
1806 Thomas Soden
1807 Thomas Soden
1808 Thomas Soden
1809 Thomas Soden
1810 Thomas Soden
1811 Thomas Soden
1812 Thomas Soden
1813 Thomas Soden
1814 Thomas Soden
1815 Thomas Soden
1816 Thomas Soden
1817 Thomas Soden
1818 Thomas Soden
1819 William Fausett
1820 Rev. W.C. Armstrong
1821 William Fausett
1822 Rev. W.C. Armstrong
1823 William Fausett
1824 J. Ormsby
1825 William Fausett
1826 J. Ormsby
1827 William Fausett
1828 J. Ormsby
1829 William Fausett
1830 J. Ormsby
1831 William Fausett
1832 J. Ormsby
1833 William Fausett
1834 J. Ormsby
1835 William Fausett
1836 J. Ormsby
1837 William Fausett
1838 J. Ormsby
1839 William Fausett
1840 J. Ormsby
1841 William Fausett
1842 J. Ormsby

Mayors of Sligo 1843 to 2013

Year Mayor of Sligo
1843 Martin Madden
1844 Michael Gallagher
1845 Michael Gallagher
1846 Henry O’Connor
1847 Andrew Walker
1848 Robert McBride
1849 Moses Monds
1850 Edward J Verdon
1851 Edward J Verdon
1852 Edward J Verdon
1853 Edward J Verdon
1854 Edward J Verdon
1855 Daniel McGill
1856 John Mc Gowan
1857 John Mc Gowan
1858 John Mc Gowan
1859 John McCarthy
1860 Henry Lyons
1861 Abraham Dobbin
1862 W.H. Williams
1863 Robert Hunter
1864 Charles Sedley
1865 W A Woods
1866 T.H.Williams
1867 Henry Lyons
1868 James Tighe
1869 Alexander Gilmore
1870 James Kidd
1871 Charles Anderson
1872 James Kidd
1873 T.H. Williams
1874 Maurice Conroy
1875 Robert Crawford
1876 James Doherty
1877 James Nelson
1878 Thomas O’Donovan
1879 Alexander Gilmore
1880 John Walsh
1881 S.M. Cherry
1882 Bernard Collery
1883 W A Woods
1884 Bernard Collery
1885 James Nelson
1886 Richard McDonagh
1887 James Nelson
1888 P A Mc Hugh
1889 John Connolly
1890 John Connolly
1891 Thomas Connolly
1892 Francis Higgins
1893 Thomas Scanlon
1894 John Connolly
1895 P A Mc Hugh
1896 P A Mc Hugh
1897 P A Mc Hugh
1898 P A Mc Hugh
1899 Edward John Tighe
1900 P A Mc Hugh
1901 Edward Foley
1902 John J Keenan
1903 Patrick McGuire
1904 Thomas Flanagan
1905 Thomas Flanagan
1906 Michael Keane
1907 Michael Keane
1908 Michael Milmoe
1909 James J Higgins
1910 James J Higgins
1911 James J Higgins
1912 Daniel O Donnell
1913 Daniel O Donnell
1914 John Jinks
1915 John Jinks
1916 John Jinks
1917 D.M. Hanley
1918 D.M. Hanley
1919 D.M. Hanley
1920 T.H.Fitzpatrick
1921 John Jinks
1922 Michael Nevin
1923 Michael Nevin
1924 Michael Nevin
1925 T.H.Fitzpatrick
1926 T.H.Fitzpatrick
1927 T.H.Fitzpatrick
1928 WM Frazer Browne
1929 WM Frazer Browne
1930 WM Frazer Browne
1931 John Lynch
1932 John Lynch
1933 John Lynch
1934 Michael Nevin
1935 Michael Conlon
1936 Michael Conlon
1937 Michael Conlon
1938 Michael Conlon
1939 P.J. Flanagan
1940 Patrick O’Hara
1941 W J Tolan
1942 W J Tolan
1943 John Gallagher
1944 Michael Hughes
1945 Elizabeth F. Flanagan
1946 James Flynn
1947 Andrew Dolan
1948 Michael Rooney
1949 Michael Nevin
1950 Michael Nevin
1951 Michael Nevin
1952 Leo Hunt
1953 James Keaveney
1954 Stephen Bergin
1955 Eamonn Tolan
1956 Eamonn Tolan
1957 James Gannon
1958 James Gannon
1959 Eamonn Tolan
1960 James Keaveney
1961 James Gannon
1962 James Gannon
1963 James Mc Goldrick
1964 James Mc Goldrick
1965 Hugh Flynn
1966 P.J. Sidney Gallagher
1967 Norbert Ferguson
1968 John Fallon
1969 Sean Mc Manus
1970 Thomas Higgins
1971 Michael Carroll
1972 Sean Mc Manus
1973 Martin Keaveney
1974 Pat McLoughlin
1975 Thomas Higgins
1976 John Harrison
1977 John Fallon
1978 Michael Carroll
1979 Sean Mc Manus
1980 Tony Mc Loughlin
1981 Eugene Henry
1982 William Monaghan
1983 Kathleen Mc Goldrick
1984 Thomas Higgins
1985 Michael Carroll
1986 Tony Mc Loughlin
1987 John Harrison
1988 Matt Lyons
1989 Roddy McGuinn
1990 Jim McGarry
1991 Sean Mc Manus
1992 Kathleen Mc Goldrick
1993 Tony Mc Loughlin
1994 Sheelagh Hanly
1995 Matt Lyons
1996 Seamus Dolan
1997 Tony Mc Loughlin
1998 Patrick Branley
1999 Rosaleen O’Grady
2000 Sean Mac Manus
2001 Jude Devins
2002 Tommy Cummins
2003 Sean Mac Manus
2004 Declan Bree
2005 Rosaleen O’Grady
2006 Tom Mac Sharry
2007 Jonathan Mc Goldrick
2008 Veronica Cawley
2009 Jimmy McGarry
2010 Matt Lyons
2011 Rosaleen O’Grady
2012 David Cawley
2013 Marcella McGarry

The final entry in the list of Sligo Mayors above, shows the 2013 Mayor as being Marcella McGarry, who was the last Mayor Sligo Borough Council. Since the abolition of Sligo Borough Council in 2014, Sligo County Council have continued the appointment of mayor under the name of Sligo Municipal Council.

Mayors of Sligo Muncipal Councl since 2014

Year Mayor’s of Sligo Municipal Council
2014 Tom Mac Sharry
2015 Thomas Healy

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