Seneschal and Chairman
| Of Clonakilty Town Commissioners | |
| On the abolition of the old Corporation in 1840, the Municipal Commissioners, created under the act of 1828 continued to govern the town. | |
| A Seneschal replaced the Sovereign as Magistrate. A Chairman replaced the Sovereign as first citizen. |
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| Seneschal | |
| - 1835 - | John Townsend |
| - 1851 - | Henry Franks Esq. Seneschal |
| Chairman | |
| - 1853 / 56 | Thomas R. Wright |
| 1856 / 59 | Philip B. Griffin |
| 1859 / 61 | William Bennett |
| 1861 / 62 | Philip B. Griffin |
| 1862 / 65 | Major Bennett Watkins Gillman |
| 1865 / 69 | Nicholas W. Roche |
| 1869 / 70 | Callaghan McCarthy |
| 1870 / 73 | Denis O’Brien |
| 1873 / 74 | Dr. Patrick Heas M.D. |
| 1874 / 98 | Daniel O’Leary (died in office) |
| 1898 | Patrick Walsh O’Donovan |
