Adrian J. Martyn
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Adrian James Martyn is local historical writer in Galway
, Ireland
. He is the author of The Tribes of Galway (2001), and several prior and subsequent articles dealing with aspects of local history. He was one of the five hundred financial subscribers to the five-volume edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
's Leabhar na nGenealach
, enabling its publication by De Burca of Dublin in 2004 and 2005.
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
, Ireland
Ireland
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. He is the author of The Tribes of Galway (2001), and several prior and subsequent articles dealing with aspects of local history. He was one of the five hundred financial subscribers to the five-volume edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...
's Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas's church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add material until at least 1666, five years before he was murdered in 1671...
, enabling its publication by De Burca of Dublin in 2004 and 2005.
Articles
- "Martin/Martyn", Irish Roots Magazine, summer 1998
- "The Martyn Family of Galway", Delichon Urbica http://fhsofmartin.org.uk/, OrpingtonOrpingtonOrpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. It forms the southeastern edge of London's urban sprawl and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, 1998 - "Galway Corporation Officials 1498–1654", Galway AdvertiserGalway AdvertiserThe Galway Advertiser is a free newspaper distributed throughout Galway city and county on Thursdays. It was the first of the regional newspapers under the "Advertiser" banner, which now also includes publications based in Athlone, Kilkenny, Mayo, and Mullingar....
, June 2000 - "Laught Katherine Ni French", Galway AdvertiserGalway AdvertiserThe Galway Advertiser is a free newspaper distributed throughout Galway city and county on Thursdays. It was the first of the regional newspapers under the "Advertiser" banner, which now also includes publications based in Athlone, Kilkenny, Mayo, and Mullingar....
, July 2000 - "The Martin - Eyre Feud ", Galway Advertiser, 27 July – 3 August 2000
- As The Centuries Passed: A History of Kiltullagh 1500–1900, 2000
- "Land ownership in the 17th Century", pp. 93–96.
- "A history of Carnakelly", pp. 242–51.
- "19th Century Emigrants", pp. 355–67.
- "Researching your family history", pp. 369–74.
- "A Town at the Edge of the World", Martin History Newsletter, summer 2002
- "Galway of the Tribes", Galway Tourist Brochure 2004 (subsequently '05,'06,'07,'08)
- "The Book Of Dead Names", Journal of the Genealogical Society of IrelandGenealogical Society of IrelandGenealogical Society of Ireland is a voluntary non-governmental organisation promoting the study of genealogy, heraldry, vexillology and social history in Ireland and amongst the Irish Diaspora as open access educational leisure pursuits available to all...
, Winter 2004/05 - "The Martyn Tribe of Galway - An Outline of Our Clans and Septs", JGSI, Spring 2005
- "A Galway Lawyer at the Confederation of KilkennyConfederate IrelandConfederate Ireland refers to the period of Irish self-government between the Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. During this time, two-thirds of Ireland was governed by the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny"...
", JGSI, Summer 2006 - "Ireland Connections", Martin History.net newsletter, issue 7, June 2006
- "The First Battle of Athenry", East Galway News & Views, March/April 2008
- "The Boston Pilot Letters", E.G.N.V., April/May 2008
- "Galway Transportation Records", E.G.N. & V., June/July 2008
- "Athenry: Our Shared Heritage", E.G.N. & V., July/August 2008
- "Our Personal Heritage", E.G.N. & V., August/September 2008
- "A Connamara Family Reunion", Galway Advertiser, September 2008
- "The Second Battle of Athenry", parts 1-8, E.G.N. & V., September 2008 – July 2009
- "Portumna Priory Inscriptions", The Septs (MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
) http://www.irishgenealogical.org/septs_contents.asp?y=all, vol. 29, no. 4, October 2008 - "In Profile - Julie FeeneyJulie FeeneyJulie Feeney, award-winning Irish composer, song-writer, singer and music producer.-Overview:Feeney is an award-winning and critically acclaimed Irish composer, singer, record producer, musician, songwriter, theatre artist and educator. She composes both instrumental and electronic music, and...
", E.G.N.V., March–April 2009 - "From Brian to Bernard:Researching a Forename", pp. 111–13, The Septs, Vol.30, no. 3, July 2009
- "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea", Journal of the Irish Family History Society http://www.ifhs.ie/, pp. 120–124, vol 25, 2009
- "The Martin Coats of Arms", Martin History.net newsletter, summer 2010
- "Dubhaltach Mac FhirbhisighDubhaltach Mac FhirbhisighDubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...
and the Irish Genealogies", Journal of the I.F.H.S., pp.112-119, vol. 26, 2010. - "Tombstone Inscriptions of Kilconickny and Lickerrig, Co. Galway (with Noreen McLoughlin Martyn), pp.22-24, J.G.S.I. vol. 12, 2011.
- "LawlessLawlessLawless may refer to:*Alex Lawless , footballer*Blackie Lawless , musician*Emily Lawless , author*Jack Lawless , musician*Lucy Lawless , actress*Tom Lawless , baseballer...
of Connacht", pp.89-104, Journal of the Genealogical Society of IrelandGenealogical Society of IrelandGenealogical Society of Ireland is a voluntary non-governmental organisation promoting the study of genealogy, heraldry, vexillology and social history in Ireland and amongst the Irish Diaspora as open access educational leisure pursuits available to all...
, vol. 12, 2011.
Research and consultant
- Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway 1485-2001, William Henry, 2002
- Germany Calling: A Personal Biography of Lord Haw-HawLord Haw-HawLord Haw-Haw was the nickname of several announcers on the English-language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain on the medium wave station Reichssender Hamburg and by shortwave to the United States...
, Mary KennyMary KennyMary Kenny is an Irish author, broadcaster, playwright and journalist. She was a founder member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, though she has modified her radical past, but not rejected feminist principles....
, 2003 - The Eccentric Member for Galway: The Story of Richard Martin, Animal Rights Pioneer, Peter Phillips, 2003
- Edward MartynEdward MartynEdward Martyn was an Irish political and cultural activist and playwright.-Early life:Martyn was the eldest son of John Martyn of Tullira and Annie Mary Josephine Smyth of Masonbrook, Loughrea, both in County Galway. He succeeded his father upon John's death in 1860...
: An Aristocratic Bohemian, Madeline Humphries, 2007 - Battle of AughrimBattle of AughrimThe Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 , near the village of Aughrim in County Galway....
Intrepretive Centre, 2007 - Irish Battlefields Project, 2007–08
See also
- MartynMartynMartyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland.-Family history:The Martyn family were one of a group of fourteen families of mixed Irish, English, Welsh, French and Norman descent who became the premier merchant and political families in the town of Galway during the late...
- Tribes of GalwayTribes of GalwayThe Tribes of Galway were fourteen 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, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan,...
- Peter Martin (STP)Peter Martin (STP)Peter Martin , Master of Sacred Theology , died 1645.Martin was born in the town of Galway, Ireland, and by 1615 had already been a student at St. Patrick's College, Lisbon. He joined the Dominican Order and was in that year studying at Salamanca By 1622 he had returned to Ireland where he enjoyed...
- Francis MartinFrancis Martin-Biography:He was born in Galway during the occupation of the town by the Cromwellian army, his family been one of the Tribes of Galway. He was educated in one of the secret schools in the city. In 1673 he began his studies for the priesthood in Louvain with the Augustinian order. Ordained there in...
- Harriet Letitia MartinHarriet Letitia MartinHarriet Letitia Martin was an Irish novelist. She was born in London in 1801, and died in Dublin in 1891.Martin was the daughter of the novelist and stage-critic Harriet Evans Martin, and Richard Martin MP, a prominent member of the Martyn family of Galway. She spent the first years of her life in...
- Mary Letitia MartinMary Letitia Martin-Biography:Born into the chief landowning family of Connemara, the Martins of Ballynahinch Castle, a branch of the Martyn Tribe of Galway. Her parents were Thomas Barnwall Martin and Julia Kirwin; her grandfather was Richard Martin ....
- Richard Martin (M.P.)
- Rychard MartinRychard Martin-Biography:Martin was related to Wylliam Martin, under whom he served as bailiff for the term 1519-20. He served the first of three terms as Mayor for 1526-27. In 1535 he was again Mayor, been re-elected the following years....
- Thomas Barnwall MartinThomas Barnwall MartinThomas Barnwall Martin was an Irish landowner and politician.Martin was the eldest surviving son of Richard Martin, humanitarian and Member of Parliament for Galway County, by his first wife...
- Violet Florence MartinViolet Florence MartinViolet Florence Martin was an Irish author who co-wrote a series of novels with cousin Edith Somerville under the pen name of Martin Ross in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.- Early life :...
- Wylliam MartinWylliam MartinWylliam Martin, fl. 1504-1547, 34th Mayor of Galway.Martin was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, and had first served as a town bailiff for the term 1504-1505. He enjoyed two terms as Mayor, 1519–1520, and 1525-1526...
- Andrew H. MartynAndrew H. MartynAndrew H. Martyn, Irish priest and member of the Repeal Association, 1785-1847.-Biography:Martyn was the son of Henry Martyn , and was born in Eyre Square in 1785. He claimed descent from the Martyn family, one of The Tribes of Galway. He began studying at Maynooth in October 1804, been ordained in...
- Edward MartynEdward MartynEdward Martyn was an Irish political and cultural activist and playwright.-Early life:Martyn was the eldest son of John Martyn of Tullira and Annie Mary Josephine Smyth of Masonbrook, Loughrea, both in County Galway. He succeeded his father upon John's death in 1860...
- Mary Gabriel MartynMary Gabriel MartynMaria Gabriel Martyn, Abbess of the Poor Clares of Galway, born 1604, died 1672.-Background:Born Helen Martyn, she was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, the merchant families who ruled Galway from the late medieval to the early modern era...
- Oliver Óge Martyn
- Richard Óge Martyn
- Thomas Óge MartynThomas Óge Martyn-Early life:Martyn was a merchant of Galway and a member of the Martyn family, one of the Tribes of Galway. He was the son of former Mayor of Galway, Wylliam Martin.-West Bridge and Mills:...
- William Óge MartynWilliam Oge Martyn-Early life:Also known as William Óge Martyn fitz Thomas, was a son of Thomas Óge Martyn and Evelina Lynch of Galway. Bailiff of Galway in 1566 to 1567, he was kidnapped by the Earl of Thomond in January 1570 but was free in time to participate at the battle of Shrule in April of the same year...
External links
- http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~quibellg/Galwaybooks.htm
- http://fhsofmartin.org.uk/
- http://www.familyhistory.ie/