Lord Mayor of Cork

The Lord Mayor of Cork is the symbolic head of the local government in the city of Cork in Ireland. The first record of the office (as Mayor of Cork) is in a charter granted to the city by Edward II in 1318. The title was changed to Lord Mayor in a charter issued by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900;^[1] unlike his counterparts, the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Lord Mayor of Belfast, the Cork Lord Mayor was not entitled to title The Right Honourable. The title Lord Mayor defines the power of a city when compared to other towns and cities around the country. Only Dublin, Belfast and Cork have the privilege of using the title Lord Mayor, as opposed to just simply Mayor.

In a ceremony known as Throwing the Dart, the Lord Mayor throws a dart into Cork Harbour at its boundaries, to symbolise the city's control over the port. This tradition was first recorded in 1759, although it is probably older.^[2]

The current Lord Mayor is Dara Murphy of Fine Gael, elected by the council on 15 June 2009.^[3]

Former officeholders

This is a list of former Mayors and Lord Mayors.^[4]

Mayors of Cork

• 1899–1900 Eugene Crean – last officeholder before title was changed

Lord Mayors of Cork

References

1. ^ List of charters issued to Cork city
2. ^ Mayor throws down gauntlet Irish Examiner
3. ^ ^{a b} Costello elected as Dublin mayor Irish Times
4. ^ List of Mayors/Lord Mayors of Cork City

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