• Source: High Sheriff of County Galway

The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times. In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.
In Galway the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around 1569 and ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.




Elizabeth I, 1558–1603


1582: William Óge Martyn




James I, 1603–1625


1607: Henry Bingham / Robert Martin
1612: John Donelan




Charles I, 1625–1649


1641: William Donelan
1642: Ulick Burke of Castle Hacket
1644: Robert Martin of Ross




English Interregnum, 1649–1660






Charles II, 1660–1685






William III, 1689–1702






Anne, 1702–1714






George I, 1714–1727






George II, 1727–1760






George III, 1760–1820






George IV, 1820–1830






William IV, 1830–1837






Victoria, 1837–1901






Edward VII, 1901–1910






George V, 1910–1922






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References

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• Stratford Eyre
• Francis Travers Dames-Longworth