John Bodkin fitz Dominck, Mayor of Galway

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 which is the city of Galway – the largest city in the province of Connacht, in the Republic of Ireland. The office was originally established by a...

, 1639-40.

A son of Dominick Bodkin, John was elected in August 1639. During his term, the town corporation

Corporation

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 provided finance for the construction of a new market-house. John was the last of the Bodkin Mayors of Galway, though a descendant of the Bodkin family, Martin Quinn

Martin Quinn

Martin Quinn is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was Mayor of Galway from 2000 to 2001.Quinn was born in Galway's College Road on Christmas Eve, 1949. His parents were Frank Quinn and Maureen Linnane, both of Ardrahan, who married in 1935. Frank was related to Ellen Quinn who was killed during...

, would serve as Mayor of Galway for the term 2000-2001.