Joseph Hutchinson (Lord Mayor of Dublin)

Joseph Hutchinson (1852 – 23 October 1928) was an Irish politician. He was a member of the United Irish League.

Hutchinson was born in Borris-in-Ossory, and moved to Dublin the age of fifteen.[1] He was a member of Dublin Corporation from 1890 to 1913, and served two terms as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1904 to 1906. In 1877, he founded the Irish National Foresters' Benefit Society.[2] He was Sheriff of Dublin City in 1896.[3] He is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses.[4]

References
  1. Dunne, John (11 July 2022). "Ulysses i Laois". Laois Heritage Society. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. Fodey, Joe (2019). "The creation of the Irish National Foresters Benefit Society, 1877". History Ireland. 27 (2): 24–26. JSTOR 26853005. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. "The Rt. Hon. Joseph Hutchinson, Lord Mayor of Dublin". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. "Dublin Corporation". joyceproject.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.


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