Freedom of the City of Dublin

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The Freedom of the City of Dublin is awarded by Dublin City Council after approving a person nominated by the Lord Mayor. Eighty-two people have been honoured under the current process introduced in 1876. Most honourees have made a contribution to the life of the city or of Ireland in general, including politicians, public servants, humanitarians, artists and entertainers; others were distinguished members of the Irish diaspora and foreign leaders, honoured visiting Dublin. Honourees sign the roll of freedmen in a ceremony at City Hall or the Mansion House and are presented with an illuminated scroll by the Lord Mayor.

Ancient privileges and duties

In ancient boroughs such as Dublin, a royal charter established the privileges of the "burgesses" (or "citizens" in places like Dublin with city status). Admission as a freeman or citizen was principally granted to members of the Guilds of the City of Dublin and others by "special grace", as well as by marriage or descent from existing citizens. The wealthy could buy freedom by paying a "fine", and some of the penal laws facilitated Protestant immigrants' becoming freemen.[1][2]

Ancient charters were superseded for municipal governance purposes by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 and for all other non-ceremonial purposes by the Local Government Act 2001.[3] Nevertheless, ancient privileges and duties of freemen are sometimes cited in relation to the modern award. Rights included:[4]

Freedmen had a duty to defend the city and could be called into the militia at short notice.[4] In 1454, apprentices to be admitted freemen needed a bow and sword, while merchants additionally needed a coat of mail and helmet.[7][8]

Honorary Freedom

While the Representation of the People Act 1918 abolished the franchise rights of freemen, the Municipal Privileges Ireland Act 1876 allowed the establishment of the title of "Honorary Freemen".[1] This was retained by Local Government Act 1991[9] and currently the Local Government Act 2001.[1][10]

Recipients of the Freedom of Dublin since the Municipal Privileges Ireland Act 1876[11]
No.
[fn 1] 		Name Resolution Signature Country[fn 2] Field Notes
1 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 September 1876 16 October 1876 Ireland Politics
2 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1877 7 November 1877 England Politics
3 Script error: No such module "Sort". 30 December 1878 3 January 1879 United States Politics / Military Former President and General in the Union Army
4 Edward Eells Potter 26 April 1880 4 May 1880 United States Diplomacy / Military United States Navy Commander; captained the USS Constellation carrying relief aid for the 1879 Irish famine.[13]
5 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 January 1882 16 August 1882 Ireland Politics
6 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 January 1882 16 August 1882 Ireland Politics
7 Script error: No such module "Sort". 10 August 1885 1 September 1885 Ireland / Australia Politics Had just returned from Australia to contest North Meath in the November general election.
8 Script error: No such module "Sort". 22 July 1887 2 August 1887 United States Politics
9 Script error: No such module "Sort". 22 July 1887 2 August 1887 Ireland Politics
9a Script error: No such module "Sort". 10 December 1887 24 October 1893 Ireland Politics
9b Script error: No such module "Sort". 28 December 1887 Template:Datesort Did not sign roll Ireland Politics
10 Script error: No such module "Sort". 16 January 1888 2 February 1888 England Politics For supporting the First Home Rule Bill[14][15]
11 Script error: No such module "Sort". 16 January 1888 2 February 1888 England Politics For supporting the First Home Rule Bill as Chief Secretary for Ireland[14]
12 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 October 1888 4 October 1888 Ireland / Australia Religion: Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney
13 Script error: No such module "Sort". 19 September 1889 20 September 1889 England Activism / Politics Suffragist who had just had her election to London County Council overturned.[16]
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". 19 September 1889 20 September 1889 England Politics / Activism Radical MP and suffragist
15 Script error: No such module "Sort". 14 March 1892 30 June 1892 Ireland Education / Religion: Church of Ireland Provost of Trinity College Dublin during its tercentenary
16 Script error: No such module "Sort". 23 December 1892 2 January 1893 England Politics Then Lord Mayor of London. of the Knill baronets.
17 Script error: No such module "Sort". 18 December 1901 3 April 1902 Ireland Politics
18 Script error: No such module "Sort". 30 October 1901 3 April 1902 Ireland Politics
19 Script error: No such module "Sort". 29 June 1906 7 August 1906 Ireland Culture: Irish language Under his pen name An Craoibhín Aoibhín
20 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 September 1907 Template:Datesort Did not sign roll Ireland Public service: civil engineering Dublin City Engineer[17]
20a Script error: No such module "Sort". 10 February 1908 Template:Datesort Did not sign roll Ireland (Dublin) / England Culture: art : collector Had established the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
21 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 July 1907 24 August 1908 United States Politics Tammany Hall boss
22 Script error: No such module "Sort". 28 September 1909 4 October 1909 Ireland Activism Co-accused of the Manchester Martyrs
23 Script error: No such module "Sort". 30 September 1910 20 February 1911 Ireland (Dublin) Public service: medicine
24 Script error: No such module "Sort". 18 July 1911 22 April 1912 Germany Culture: Irish language Expunged 15 March 1915 due to anti-German feeling in World War I; restored 19 April 1920.[18]
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". 18 July 1911 22 April 1912 Ireland Culture: Irish language Priest
25a Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 August 1920 Template:Datesort Did not sign roll Australia / Ireland Religion: Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
26 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 September 1923 6 September 1923 Ireland / United States Culture: music
27 Script error: No such module "Sort". 30 June 1928 3 July 1928 Germany Aviation Bremen transatlantic aircraft owner
28 Script error: No such module "Sort". 30 June 1928 3 July 1928 Germany Aviation Bremen transatlantic aircraft pilot
29 Script error: No such module "Sort". 30 June 1928 3 July 1928 United States Aviation Bremen transatlantic aircraft navigator
30 Script error: No such module "Sort". 25 August 1928 30 August 1928 United States Politics / Diplomacy United States Secretary of State who had recently instigated the Kellogg–Briand Pact
31 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 May 1932 27 June 1932 Italy Religion: Catholic Cardinal, papal legate during 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin
32 Script error: No such module "Sort". 12 August 1935 17 September 1935 Ireland / England Culture: art : painter
33 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 May 1936 8 June 1936 Ireland Public service: civil engineering
34 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 March 1946 28 August 1946 Ireland / England Culture: literature / drama
35 Script error: No such module "Sort". 16 September 1949 16 September 1949 United States Religion: Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston
36 Script error: No such module "Sort". 16 September 1949 16 September 1949 United States Politics Governor of Massachusetts
37 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 May 1953 2 June 1953 Ireland Diplomacy Then President of Ireland
38 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 May 1953 2 June 1953 Ireland Religion: Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh
39 Script error: No such module "Sort". 12 July 1954 27 July 1954 United States Religion: Catholic Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
44[fn 1] Script error: No such module "Sort". 7 November 1955 26 July 1956 United States / Ireland (Dublin) Culture: art : collector
45 Script error: No such module "Sort". 11 August 1958 28 October 1958 Australia Religion: Catholic Bishop of Bathurst
46 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 May 1961 22 June 1961 Armenia Religion: Catholic: Armenian Cardinal, papal legate for the Patrician Year Congress held at Croke Park.[19]
47 Script error: No such module "Sort". 16 July 1962 23 August 1962 Ireland Religion: Catholic Cardinal, former Master General of the Dominican Order; received freedom of Limerick[20] and Drogheda[21] on the same trip to Ireland.
48 Script error: No such module "Sort". 27 May 1963 28 June 1963 United States Politics / Diplomacy During state visit to Ireland
49 Script error: No such module "Sort". 11 June 1973 22 June 1973 England / Ireland (Dublin) Culture: drama Co-founder of the Gate Theatre
50 Script error: No such module "Sort". 11 June 1973 22 June 1973 England / Ireland (Dublin) Culture: drama Co-founder of the Gate Theatre
51 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 February 1975 7 March 1975 Ireland Politics / Diplomacy Former Taoiseach and President
52 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 February 1975 7 March 1975 Ireland (Dublin) Politics Former Taoiseach, alternately with de Valera
53 Script error: No such module "Sort". 24 September 1979 29 September 1979 Poland / Vatican Religion: Catholic / Diplomacy During official visit
54 Script error: No such module "Sort". 22 June 1984 28 June 1984 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: drama Actor
55 Script error: No such module "Sort". 22 June 1984 28 June 1984 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: drama Actress
56 Script error: No such module "Sort". 20 February 1985 4 March 1985 Japan Diplomacy Then Crown Prince, during official visit[22]
57 Script error: No such module "Sort". 20 February 1985 4 March 1985 Japan Diplomacy Then Crown Princess, during official visit[22]
58 Script error: No such module "Sort". 28 September 1987 29 September 1987 Ireland (Dublin) Sport: cycling After winning 1987 Tour de France
59 Script error: No such module "Sort". 18 July 1988 1 July 1990 South Africa Activism Awarded on 70th birthday, while in prison; enrolled by proxy by Oliver Tambo on 21 September 1988; signed in person after his release.[12][23][24]
60 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 March 1991 22 April 1991 Ireland Diplomacy Former President of Ireland
61 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 February 1993 2 June 1993 Albania / India Religion: Catholic / Activism
62 Script error: No such module "Sort". 11 April 1994 26 May 1994 England Sport: soccer Then manager of the Republic of Ireland national team
63 Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 November 1995 1 December 1995 United States Politics / Diplomacy During official visit during the Northern Ireland peace process
64 Script error: No such module "Sort". 12 April 1999 11 May 1999 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: broadcasting
65 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1999 18 June 2012 Burma Activism Granted in 1999 while she was under house arrest, Suu Kyi signed for her award in 2012 during a visit to Ireland.[25] The Council voted 59–2 (with one abstention) to revoke her award on 13 December 2017 over human rights abuses against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.[26][27]
66 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1999 18 March 2000 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: music U2 manager
67 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1999 18 March 2000 Ireland (Dublin) / Wales Culture: music U2 member
68 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1999 18 March 2000 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: music U2 member
69 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1999 18 March 2000 Ireland (Dublin) / England Culture: music U2 member
70 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 November 1999 18 March 2000 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: music U2 member
71 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 December 2001 9 January 2002 Russia Politics / Diplomacy / Activism
72 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 March 2004 17 May 2004 Ireland (Dublin) Sport: Gaelic football Player and manager of the Dublin intercounty team
73 Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 September 2005 5 March 2006 Ireland (Dublin) Sport: athletics Won the 1956 Olympic 1500 m[28]
74 Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 September 2005 5 March 2006 Ireland (Dublin) Activist / Culture: music Live Aid organiser and Boomtown Rats lead singer[28]
Geldof returned his award in November 2017 in protest over Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi also holding the accolade, stating that he does not "wish to be associated in any way with an individual currently engaged in the mass ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people of north-west Burma".[29] Suu Kyi's award was revoked by the Council about a month later, though Lord Mayor Mícheál Mac Donncha denied the decision was influenced by protests by Geldof and members of U2.[26][27] At the same meeting, the Councillors voted 37–7 (with 5 abstentions) to remove Geldof's name from the Roll of Honorary Freemen.[26][30]
75 Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 February 2007 24 May 2007 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: literature : poetry
76 Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 February 2007 24 May 2007 Ireland (Dublin) Culture: art : painter
77 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 November 2013 22 March 2014 Ireland (Dublin) Activism / Religion: Catholic Jesuit homeless campaigner[31]
78 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 November 2013 22 March 2014 Ireland (Dublin) Sport: rugby union Captain of the Ireland national team[31]
79 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 September 2014 28 February 2015 Ireland (Dublin) Activism / Religion: Catholic Capuchin homeless campaigner
80 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 September 2014 28 February 2015 Ireland (Dublin) Sport: soccer Former captain and manager of the Republic of Ireland national team
81 Script error: No such module "Sort".
Script error: No such module "Sort".		 7 February 2017 Did not sign roll United States Politics Former President of the United States of America; for "moderating and progressive" influence on the world stage.[32]
Former First Lady of the United States of America; for work for the education of girls around the world and on behalf of refugees.[32]
82 Script error: No such module "Sort". 23 September 2019 18 January 2020 Ireland (Dublin) Sport: Gaelic football Football manager of the senior Dublin county team from 2012 to 2019, becoming the county's most successful manager in terms of major titles won.[33]
83 Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 July 2020 19 June 2021 Ireland (Dublin) Public service: medicine Chief Medical Officer, conferred on behalf of all healthcare workers to recognise their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.[34]
84 Script error: No such module "Sort".
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Script error: No such module "Sort".		 9 May 2022 11 June 2022 Ireland (Dublin) Sport / Activism / Public service Harrington for her community work and sporting achievements; Smyth for her work in the areas of human rights, social justice and academia; Aiken for her work in the areas of cyberpsychology, online safety and security.[35]
85 Greta Thunberg

Duncan Stewart

12 June 2023 21 June 2023 Sweden (Stockholm)

Ireland (Dublin)

Environmental activism For environmental activism and climate change awareness.[36][37]
Notes

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  1. ↑ a b The missing numbers 40 to 43 correspond to the four earlier non-numeric values, inserted for those who signed the roll late or never. Since 1955, numbering is from resolution rather than signature.[12]
  2. ↑ Those associated with Dublin in particular are noted

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  24. ↑ Happy memories of asking the Nelson Mandela about his first vote Irish Times, 2013-12-06.
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