Paul Dodd (mayor)
Paul Dodd, was Mayor of Galway, from 1656 to 1657.
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.
References
- "History of Galway", James Hardiman, 1820
- "Old Galway", Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942
- The Tribes of Galway", Adrian J. Martyn, 2001
- Henry, William (2002). Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001. Galway: Galway City Council. OCLC 51023721 ASIN B003NECRYW
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Preceded by Humphrey Hurd |
Mayor of Galway 1656–1657 |
Succeeded by Gabriel King (Mayor) |
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