List of vice-admirals of Connaught

This is a list of the vice-admirals of Connaught, a province on the west coast of Ireland.

Prior to 1585 the whole of Ireland was served by a single vice-admiral, namely Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1558–1565), Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1564–1573) and Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (1585). Separate vice-admiralties were then established for Munster in 1585, for Ulster by 1602, for Leinster by 1612 and for Connaught by 1615.

Vice-admirals of Connaught
Source (1615–1661)

Source (1661 onwards)


 * 1615–1627 Sir Oliver St John
 * 1628–1639 Sir George St George
 * no appointment known
 * 1660 Sir Oliver St George
 * 1691–1695 Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet
 * 1695–1696 John Eyres (Revoked 1696)
 * 1696–1735 Sir George St George, 2nd Baronet
 * 1735–?1741 John Ussher (died 1741)
 * 1747–?1768 Stratford Eyre
 * 1768–>1788 Charles Molyneux, 1st Earl of Sefton (died 1794)
 * 1794– William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton (died 1838}
 * 1822– Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (died 1837)
 * <1841–>1847: Marquess of Clanricarde (died 1874)
 * 1889– George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (died 1914)