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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, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martyn, 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.
Richard Óge Martyn was a Galway lawyer and member of the Catholic Confederates of Ireland. He was of the senior line of the Martyn family, one of the Tribes of Galway. He lived at Dunguaire Castle, Kinvarra. He worked with his brother-in-law and first cousin, Patrick Darcy, against the Plantation of Connaught in the 1630s, and served on the Supreme Council of the Confederate Catholics in the 1640s. Martyn also served as Mayor of Galway, 1642–1643. He and Darcy were part of a network of Catholic lawyers in Galway who contrived to continue in practice in defiance of the Penal Laws, which barred Catholics from the professions. Richard was admitted to the King's Inns in 1631: he was suspended from practice at the Irish Bar in 1635 as a known Catholic, but permitted to resume practice in 1637, apparently because he had sworn the Oath of Supremacy.
Martyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland.
William Óge Martyn was the 101st Mayor of Galway.
Dominick Dubh Lynch, second Mayor of Galway.
Thomas Óge Martyn, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1533-c. 1577.
Wylliam Martin was the 34th Mayor of Galway.
Andrew Lynch (Mayor), 14th Mayor of Galway, died 25 March 1523.
John Skerrett (Mayor) was the 7th Mayor of Galway, serving 1491–1492. Skerrett was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, descended from a Richard Huskard. John Skerrett was elected Provost of Galway in 1480. A copy of his mayoralty seal survives, and was illustrated in volume one of Blake Family Records by Martin J. Blake.
Edmond Deane was the 18th Mayor of Galway (1502–1504).
Martin Font, 35th mayor of Galway, 1520–1522.
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).
Martin Quinn is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was Mayor of Galway from 2000 to 2001.
Tomás Bobhdacing, founder of the Bodkin family of The Tribes of Galway, fl. c. 1300.
Dominick Browne, Mayor of Galway, 1688–1689.
James Riabhach Darcy was Mayor of Galway in Ireland 1602–1603.
Maire Lynch, Countess of Clanricarde, fl. 1547.
Martin Lynch,, Mayor of Galway 1537-38.
John Lynch fitz Andrew, Mayor of Galway, September 1528-September 1529. Lynch was the son of Andrew Lynch and Eleanor Martin. He had a brother, Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew, who served as Mayor from 1539-40. During his term, laws were introduced which forbade a number of forms of gambling, such as dice, cards, aimed especially against apprentices and members of the Gaelic community. Those found guilty would pay twenty shillings.
Stephen Lynch fitz James, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1499–1524.
References
- History of Galway, James Hardiman, Galway, 1820.
- Old Galway, Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942.
- Henry, William (2002). Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001. Galway: Galway City Council. OCLC 51023721 ASIN B003NECRYW
- Martyn, Adrian (2016). The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642
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| Preceded by Wylliam Martin | Mayor of Galway 1526–1527 | Succeeded by William Morris (mayor) |
| Preceded by Thomas Kirwan | Mayor of Galway 1535–1536 | Succeeded by self |
| Preceded by self | Mayor of Galway 1536–1537 | Succeeded by Martin Lynch fitz James |
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