Tribes of Galway

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Tribes of Galway were a group of influential merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway in Ireland from the late medieval period into the early modern era.

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Tribes of Galway canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of families
historical social class
associatedWith Galway city walls NERFINISHED
Galway’s medieval charter
country Ireland NERFINISHED
declineCause Cromwellian confiscations
Penal Laws NERFINISHED
economicRole controlled trade of Galway
engaged in trade with France
engaged in trade with Portugal
engaged in trade with Spain
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman NERFINISHED
Hiberno-Norman NERFINISHED
floruit 15th century
16th century
17th century
governanceForm urban oligarchy
hasMemorial Tribes of Galway memorial on Eyre Square
hasSymbol coats of arms of the fourteen families
heritageStatus important part of Galway’s civic identity
language English
Irish
location Connacht NERFINISHED
County Galway NERFINISHED
Galway NERFINISHED
mainActivity maritime commerce
merchant trade
urban governance
member Atherton family NERFINISHED
Blake family NERFINISHED
Bodkin family NERFINISHED
Browne family NERFINISHED
Deane family NERFINISHED
D’Arcy family NERFINISHED
Ffont family NERFINISHED
French family
Joyce family NERFINISHED
Kirwan family NERFINISHED
Lynch family NERFINISHED
Martyn family NERFINISHED
Morris family NERFINISHED
Skerrett family NERFINISHED
notableFor Catholic loyalty during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
oligarchic control of Galway city
numberOfMembers 14
opponent Oliver Cromwell NERFINISHED
politicalRole controlled Galway Corporation
dominated Galway mayoralty
religion Roman Catholicism
socialStatus urban patriciate
timePeriod early modern period
late medieval period

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Lynch isAssociatedWith Tribes of Galway