Paul Dodd
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Paul Dodd, Mayor of Galway
1656-57.
Dodd was sworn into office in September 1656, having been a sheriff
under the previous mayor, Humphrey Hurd
. He seized a house belonging to John Bodkin, possibly the same man who was Mayor 1639-40, and leased other property he had confiscated from the townspeople. According to William Henry (historian), the new rulers of Galway were crude, lower-class English, who "After burning the costly timberwork in one house, they simply moved into the next house leaving them with a poisoning stench of excrement and filth, that it was almost impossible to enter." His descendants still live in the town.
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...
1656-57.
Dodd was sworn into office in September 1656, having been a sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
under the previous mayor, Humphrey Hurd
Humphrey Hurd
Humphrey Hurd, Mayor of Galway 1655-56.A Lieutenant-Colonel in the Cromwellian army of occupation in Ireland, Hurd was the first of the Protestant Mayors elected following the removal of the old tribal corporation...
. He seized a house belonging to John Bodkin, possibly the same man who was Mayor 1639-40, and leased other property he had confiscated from the townspeople. According to William Henry (historian), the new rulers of Galway were crude, lower-class English, who "After burning the costly timberwork in one house, they simply moved into the next house leaving them with a poisoning stench of excrement and filth, that it was almost impossible to enter." His descendants still live in the town.