The High Sheriff of County Kilkenny was the British Crown's judicial representative in

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kilkenny County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an Order in Council made the

Lord-Lieutenant A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ...

the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However, the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given hereunder are the dates of appointment. All addresses are in County Kilkenny unless stated otherwise.

High Sheriffs of County Kilkenny

*1263: Geoffrey Forrestal *1327: Fulk de la Freyne *1346: Roger de la Freyne *1382: John Sweetman *1388: Gilbert Blancheville *1390: John Sweetman, second term *1398: John FitzRichard Blancheville *1422: Robert Shorthalls *1422: Anselm Grace *1447–1448: David Blanchewille *1450: David Blanchewille *1489: Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond *1507: Walter Cowley *1536: Rowland Fitzgerald (alias Barron), Baron of Burnchurch *1543: James Eweetman *1564: William Sweetman *1579: Richard Fitzgerald, Baron of Burnchurch *1579–1586: Walter Walsh of Castlehale *1588: Sir Richard Shee *1640:

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*1654: John Ponsonby *1665: Edward Evans *1669: Tobias Cramer of BallyfoyleA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke *1678: Henry Webb of Ballinrobe *1683: Balthazer Cramer *1694: Ebenezer Warren of Lodge *1693: George Reade

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Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

History of County Kilkenny