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During the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653), Galway took the side of the Confederate Catholics. Following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, the English government punished the Tribes. Galway was besieged and after it surrendered in April 1652, the Tribes had to face the confiscation of their property by the New Model Army.
D'Arcy was descended from the County Galway family, the D’Arcys of Kiltullagh, [2] one of the "Fourteen tribes of Galway". [3] D'Arcy was born in 1785. [3] In 1804 he was to inherit family lands in Connemara, East Galway and Mayo in 1804 from his cousin Patrick. [2]
During the Middle Ages, Galway was ruled by an oligarchy of fourteen 1 merchant families (12 of Anglo-Norman origin and 2 of Irish origin), the Tribes of Galway. The city thrived on international trade.
The Tribes of Galway. OCLC 48208254. * Phillips, Peter (2003). Humanity Dick The Eccentric Member for Galway. Parapress. ISBN 9781898594765. Henry, William (2003). Role of Honour, The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001. Galway City Council 2002. OCLC 51023721. Martyn, Adrian (2016). The Tribes of Galway, 1124-1642. ISBN 9780995502505
William Ó Ciardhubháin, fl. 1488, was an Irish merchant and the founder of one of the Tribes of Galway. ... This page was last edited on 12 July 2023, ...
Galway is the most central port on the West Coast of Ireland in the sheltered eastern corner of Galway Bay. [96] The harbour can be used by vessels up to 10,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) and the inner dock can accommodate up to 9 vessels at any one time.
Richard Joyce (c. 1660 – c. 1737) was an Irish goldsmith.Joyce was a member of one of the Tribes of Galway and is credited with the creation of the Claddagh Ring.. In 1675 he left Galway to serve as an indentured servant in the West Indies but his ship was intercepted by pirates from Algeria who enslaved the entire crew.
John Henry Blake was the third and youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Blake of Furbo, County Galway and Maria Galway of Cork. He was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway. He worked firstly as a bailiff on the Blake estate at Furbo, but in the late 1830s moved to Kiltullagh, Athenry, to act as his infant nephew's land agent. He lived at ...