John Bodkin fitz Richard, Mayor of Galway

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...

, 1518-19.

Bodkin was one of the four sons of Richard Bodkin, his brothers being James, Henry, and Laurence. He was married to Janet Morris, daughter of John Morris, town provost in 1477. He had several children, including Christopher Bodkin

Christopher Bodkin

The Most Reverend Christopher Bodkin was an Irish clergyman who served as Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Kilmacduagh during the Reformation....

, Archbishop of Tuam

Archbishop of Tuam

The Archbishop of Tuam is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Roman Catholic Church.-History:...

(died 1572).

Bodkin was the Mayor responsible for passing the notorious town statue that forbade the Gaelic-Irish from making a nuicese of themselves in the town - "Neither O nor Mac shall strut nor swagger through the streets of Galway."

Mayor John Bodkin fitz Richard died in 1523.