The High Sheriff of Clare was a High Sheriff title. Records show that the title was in existence from at least the late 16th century, though it is not used today in the modern Republic of Ireland. The title existed within County Clare in the west of Ireland during the time of the Kingdom of Ireland and then as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The office was a position with some significant power, the sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. Some of its powers were relinquished in 1831 as the Lord Lieutenant of Clare was instated to deal with military duties. It was only in 1908 under Edward VII of the United Kingdom that the Lord Lieutenant position became more senior than the High Sheriff. Its previous roles were later taken up also by the High Court judges, magistrates, coroners, local authorities and the police. In Clare, the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around 1569 and ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

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• 1900 William Hawkins Ball. • 1901 Robert O'Brien Studdert. • 1903 John Michael Aylward Lewis of Ballynagar. • 1905 Marcus Thomas Francis Keane of Beech Park. • 1906 Torlogh O'Brien of Ballynalacken Castle. • 1907 Thomas Henry Brady Browne of New Grove. • 1908 William Beresford Molony of Kiltanon. • 1909 Stopford Cosby Hickman of Fenloe. • 1910 Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 4th Baronet of Drumconora, Ennis • 1911 James Roche Kelly. • 1913 Captain Alexander M. Vandeleur of Cahircon. • 1914 Thomas George Gabbett Studdert. • 1919 George O'Callaghan-Westropp. • 1920 Henry Valentine M'Namara. • 1921 Charles Fitzgerald Blood.