Galway merchant families

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The Galway merchant families were powerful, long-established trading dynasties that dominated the commercial, political, and social life of the Irish city of Galway from the late medieval period into the early modern era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical social group
merchant patriciate
urban elite
activity import–export commerce
maritime trade
municipal government
controlled Galway town council NERFINISHED
mayoralty of Galway
country Ireland NERFINISHED
diminishedAfter Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED
Williamite War in Ireland NERFINISHED
engagedIn trade with England
trade with France
trade with Portugal
trade with Spain
floruit early modern period
late medieval period
governed Galway Corporation NERFINISHED
hasPart Blake family of Galway NERFINISHED
Blake merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Bodkin family of Galway NERFINISHED
Bodkin merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Browne family of Galway NERFINISHED
Browne merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Deane family of Galway NERFINISHED
D’Arcy family of Galway NERFINISHED
D’Arcy merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Ffont family of Galway NERFINISHED
Ffont merchant family of Galway
Ffrench family of Galway NERFINISHED
Fitzgerald merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Fitzpatrick merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
French family of Galway
French merchant family of Galway
Joyce family of Galway NERFINISHED
Joyce merchant family of Galway
Kirwan family of Galway NERFINISHED
Kirwan merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Lynch family of Galway NERFINISHED
Lynch merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Martyn family of Galway NERFINISHED
Martyn merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Morris family of Galway NERFINISHED
Morris merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Skerrett family of Galway NERFINISHED
Skerrett merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Skerritt merchant family of Galway NERFINISHED
Tribes of Galway NERFINISHED
heritage Anglo-Norman descent
Gaelic Irish connections
influenced commercial life of Galway
political life of Galway
social life of Galway
knownFor intermarriage among leading families
long-distance maritime trading networks
oligarchic control of Galway
locatedIn County Galway NERFINISHED
Galway NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
partOf history of Galway
history of Ireland
religion Roman Catholicism
usedLanguage English
Irish
Latin

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Lynch isHistoricallyBorneBy Galway merchant families