The Tribes of Galway were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D'Arcy, Deane, Font, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris and Skerritt. Of the 14 families, 12 were of Anglo Norman origin, while two — the D'Arcy and Kirwan families — were Normanised Irish Gaels.
Martyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland.
Andrew Lynch (Mayor), 14th Mayor of Galway, died 25 March 1523.
Andrew Morris, Mayor of Galway, September 1588 to September 1589.
John Blake fitz William, third Mayor of Galway, 1487–1488.
Thomas Bodkin, fl. 1506–1507, was the first member of the Bodkin family to be elected Mayor of Galway. The Bodkins were one of The Tribes of Galway, and a sept of the FitzGerald family. He would be succeeded in office by John Bodkin fitz Richard, Richard Bodkin (1610–1611), and John Bodkin fitz Dominick (1639–1640).
James Lynch (fl.1574–1591) was Mayor of Galway from 1590 to 1591.
Tomás Bobhdacing, founder of the Bodkin family of The Tribes of Galway, fl. c. 1300.
Sir Henry Lynch, 1st Baronet was an Irish knight and land agent.
James Riabhach Darcy was Mayor of Galway in Ireland 1602–1603.
Maire Lynch, Countess of Clanricarde, fl. 1547.
Richard Blake was Mayor of Galway from 1533 to 1534.
Richard Bodkin was the mayor of Galway from 1610 to 1611.
John Bodkin fitz Dominick was the mayor of Galway from 1638 to 1640.
Robuck French fitz John, Mayor of Galway 1582-83.
Paul Dodd, was Mayor of Galway, from 1656 to 1657.
Dominick Lynch fitz John, Mayor of Galway, September 1548–September 1549.
Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew, Mayor of Galway, 1539–40.
Stephen Lynch fitz James, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1499–1524.
John Bodkin may refer to:
