Humphrey Hurd,

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1655-56. A

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in the Cromwellian army of occupation in

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, Hurd was the first of the Protestant Mayors elected following the removal of the old tribal corporation. He was said to have originally been a

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by trade, and is listed as owning property seized from the tribal families in the town in a survey of 1657.

References

*''"History of Galway"'',

James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...

, 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hurd, Humphrey Politicians from County Galway Mayors of Galway 17th-century Irish businesspeople