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, Darcy/D’Arcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris and Skerritt. Of the 14 families, 12 were of Anglo Norman origin, while two—the Darcy and Kirwan families—were Normanised Irish Gaels.
Muiris Ó Fithcheallaigh, or Maurice O'Fihely, in Latin Mauritius de Portu Hibernicus or Mauritius Hibernicus; c. 1460 – 25 March 1513) was an Irish Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Tuam. O'Fihely was an esteemed scholar.
Kilconnell is a small rural village in County Galway, Ireland. The village gives its name to the barony of Kilconnell, formerly held by the Lords de Freyne. In 2006 David Tye purchased the original feudal Barony of Kilconnell created in 1170 from Lord de Freyne and is the present holder. The feudal Barony of Kilconnell is registered in Ireland. There is also a peerage title, Baron Kilconnel, created in 1797, and later a subsidiary title of the Earls of Clancarty.
The Third Order of Saint Francis is a third order in the Franciscan tradition of Christianity, founded by the medieval Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi.
The Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance or simply the Third Order Regular of St. Francis is a mendicant order rooted in the Third Order of St. Francis which was founded in 1221. The members add the nominal letters T.O.R. after their names to indicate their membership in the congregation.
The Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, formally known as the Congregation of the Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, were founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1858. They have been actively involved in the education of boys and young men, primarily on Long Island, New York, serving the Diocese of Brooklyn since their founding. The Brothers of the congregation use the postnominal initials of O.S.F. Numbering 80 members as of 2008, they are the largest congregation of Religious Brothers founded in America. Formerly a diocesan congregation, in 1989, they became an Institute of Pontifical Right.
The Claregalway Friary is a ruined medieval Franciscan abbey in Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland.
Mother Mary Bonaventure Browne was a Poor Clare nun, abbess, and Irish historian.
Francis Bermingham, O.F.M., fl. 1652, was an Irish Franciscan friar and scholar.
Richard Lynch was an Irish theologian and Jesuit.
Martin Joseph Blake was an Irish historian who died around 1930.
John de Burgh, or de Burgo or Burke, was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Vicar Apostolic (1629–41) and Bishop of Clonfert (1642–47), and Archbishop of Tuam (1647–67).
Maria Gabriel Martyn (1604–1672) was Abbess of the Poor Clares of Galway.
Dominic de Burgo was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Bishop of Elphin in the late 17th century (1671–1691).
Valentine Browne, OFM (c.1594–1672) was an Irish teacher, theologian and Franciscan guardian.
Nicholas Lynch, Dominican priest and prior of Galway.
Nehemias Folan (1555–?) Irish Brehon.
The Irish College of St Anthony, in Leuven, Belgium, known in Irish: Coláiste na nGael i Lobháin, Latin: Hibernorum Collegii S. Antonii de Padua Lovanii, French: Collège des Irlandais à Louvain and Dutch: Iers College Leuven, has been a centre of Irish learning on the European Continent since the early 17th century. The college was dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua.
William Slattery, O.F.M., is an Irish-born Franciscan who served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1993 to 2010, before being appointed Archbishop of Pretoria and Bishop of South Africa, Military.
