Adrian discusses the Medieval Families of Galway Town and why we need DNA studies on them. He also takes an in-depth look at the Tribes of Galway of which there were fourteen - Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martyn, Morris, Skerrett.
You can read more about Adrian on his Speaker Profile page.
The presentation starts at 1 minute 22 seconds, just so you can skip ahead to the good bits!
Update (Nov 2016)
Adrian has just published the long-awaited book on his research and it is available now at his website www.adrianmartyn.ie.
Adrian has just published the long-awaited book on his research and it is available now at his website www.adrianmartyn.ie.
"Fourteen families from the medieval Irish lower-classes rose to become Galway’s prime merchant families, nicknamed the tribus Galvia in the 1600s.
The families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martyn, Morris, Skerrett, have been THE TRIBES OF GALWAY ever since.
Over the course of four centuries, they and their fellow Galwegians survived and often thrived against warlords and sieges, during economic booms and busts, times of plenty, famine, and plague. All within Europe’s most westerly urban settlement. This is their story."
