Notable Early Mayors
- Richard Muton (1229–30), Dublin's first Mayor
- Gilbert de Lyvet (1233–34), (1235–37)
- Bartholomew Ball (1553–54), his widow Blessed Margaret Ball was martyred by their eldest son, Walter.
- Walter Ball (1580–81), Commissioner for Ecclesiatical Causes – implemented the Reformation in Dublin
- Francis Taylor (1595–96), martyred 29 January 1621
- Sir Daniel Bellingham (1665–1666), First Lord Mayor
- Jean Desmynieres (1666–67) and Lewis Desmynieres (1669–70), Huguenot Lord Mayors of Dublin
- Sir Mark Rainsford (1700-01), original founder of St James' Gate (Guinness) Brewery
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