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High Sheriff Of County Galway
The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times. In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county. In Galway the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around and ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in . Elizabeth I, 1558–1603 *1582: William Óge Martyn James I, 1603–1625 *1607: Henry Bingham / Robert Martin *1612: John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = 6151 , area_rank = 2nd , seat_type = County town , seat = Galway , population_total = 276451 , population_density_km2 = auto , population_rank = 5th , population_as_of = 2022 , population_footnotes = , leader_title = Local authorities , leader_name = County Council and City Council , leader_title2 = Dáil constituency , leader_name2 = , leader_title3 = EP constituency , leader_name3 = Midlands–North-West , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdivision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blakeney (died 1747)
John Blakeney ( – 21 July/21 August 1747) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was born the son of Robert Blakeney and Sarah née Ormsby Blakeney. He was High Sheriff of County Galway for 1727 and 1738 and then represented Athenry in the Irish House of Commons from November 1727 to his death. He married Grace Persse, daughter of Henry Persse of Roxborough, and was the father of Robert Blakeney, John Blakeney, Theophilus Blakeney and William Blakeney. He lived at Abbert, near Monivea Monivea () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located approximately 30 km from Galway City and 9 km from Athenry. It was formerly part of the kingdom of the Soghain of Connacht. Monivea is known for its forest, Monivea Cas .... References 1703 births 1747 deaths Politicians from County Galway Irish MPs 1727–1760 High Sheriffs of County Galway Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies {{Ireland-politician-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barna
Barna (Bearna in Irish) is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It has become a satellite village of Galway city. The village is Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht. In 1976, a community development group called ''Comharchumann Bearna Teo'' was formed after five local men put up the purchase money for at ''Troscaigh Thiar'' to be used for community purposes and has succeeded in developing several recreational facilities. Irish language There are 1,500 native Irish speakers in the Barna Electoral Division. According to the 2011 census, 24% of Bearna's locals use Irish as a daily language. International links Barna is twinned with Esquibien, Brittany, France. Population At the time of the 2011 Census, the total population in this settlement was 1,878, of which males numbered 920 and females were 958. The total housing stock was 772, of which vacant househo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock
Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock KP PC (Ire) (10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917) was an Irish peer. In 1865, he was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway. He became Baron Clonbrock in 1893 on the death of his father Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 29 August 1900. He married Augusta Caroline Crofton, daughter of Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton of Mote and Lady Georgina Paget, on 18 July 1866 at Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland. As a result of her marriage, Hon. Augusta Caroline Crofton was styled as Baroness Clonbrock on 4 December 1893. The finding aid of the collection related to the personal and political papers of the family of Dillon, Barons Clonbrock, Ahascragh (county Galway, c.1600-1960) was compiled by Stephen Ball, at the National Library of Ireland The National Library of Ireland (NLI; ga, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the Republic of Ireland's national library located in Dublin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Gregory
Sir William Henry Gregory PC (Ire) KCMG (13 July 1816 – 6 March 1892) was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician, who is now less remembered than his wife Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder and Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, literary hostess and folklorist. Earlier life and education The only child of Robert Gregory (1790 – 20 April 1847) and Elizabeth Gregory (née O'Hara from Raheen, 1799 – 7 January 1877), William Gregory was born at the Under-Secretary's residence, Ashtown Lodge, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. From 1830 to 1835 he attended Harrow, where he was an award-winning student. He entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1836, leaving three years later without getting a degree. William' father, Robert, had been an improving landlord who died of a fever contracted while visiting his tenants during the Great Famine in 1847. Political career In 1842 Gregory was elected to the British House of Commons in a by-election as a Conservative member for Dublin. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown
Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown DL (25 December 1804 – 12 September 1880) was an Irish peer and magistrate. Early life He was son of Francis Trench and his wife Mary Mason, second daughter of Henry Mason, and nephew to Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown. Career While his claim to his uncle's title was admitted only in 1855, he actually succeeded per special remainder on the latter's death in 1840. Trench was educated at the University of Cambridge. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway for 1840 and represented the county as Deputy Lieutenant. Personal life On 29 August 1831, he married firstly Harriet Georgiana Cosby, youngest daughter of Thomas Cosby, of Stradbally Hall and his wife Charlotte Elizabeth Kelly (daughter of Rt. Hon. Thomas Kelly, Second Justice of the Common Pleas of Ireland). Together, they were the parents of two daughters and three sons, including: * Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth Trench (1832–1854), who died unmarried. * Hon. Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet
Colonel Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet, DL (1782 – 14 September 1847) was an Irish soldier and Whig politician who was MP for Galway County (1830–2) and High Sheriff of County Galway (1838–9). Background He was the oldest and only surviving son of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Baronet and his wife Christian Browne, daughter of Edward Browne. In 1813, he succeeded his father as baronet. Burke was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge, though it is doubtful if he resided there, and then at the Royal Military College, Great Marlow. Shortly before his death he was recommended by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for a peerage. Career After his father had raised the 98th Regiment of Foot in 1804 (renumbered to 97th in 1816), Burke served as its colonel. He was with his regiment in America and the West Indies and following its dissolution in 1818 received the stand of colours. His life story after 1804 became a bit murky, with most of his chronicles being swept away in the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O'Hara (Irish Politician)
James O'Hara may refer to: * James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley (1682–1774), British Army officer * James E. O'Hara (1844–1905), U.S. Representative from North Carolina * James G. O'Hara (1925–1989), U.S. Representative from Michigan * James O'Hara (announcer), Scottish former television announcer, now audio description specialist * James O'Hara (quartermaster) (c. 1752–1819), Continental Army officer, U.S. Army quartermaster ** USS ''James O'Hara'', a Frederick Funston-class attack transport * James O'Hara (actor) James O'Hara (born James Fitzsimons; 11 September 1927 – 3 December 1992), also credited as James Lilburn, was an Irish-born American actor. He is best known for his appearance in the film '' Suddenly'' (1954). O'Hara was t ... (1927–1992), Irish-born American actor * James O'Hara (Latinist) (born 1959), American scholar of Latin literature * James O'Hara (1796–1838), Irish politician, Member of Parliament for Galway Borough 1826†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Shee, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Shee, 2nd Baronet (14 June 1785, in Calcutta – 25 January 1870, in London) was an Irish diplomat. Life George Shee was the eldest son of Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Maria Crisp. He was educated at Sandy Mount, near Dublin, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1806 and M.A. in 1811. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1802. At Cambridge he formed a friendship with Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and supported him at elections. There resulted in 1810 an appointment for Shee as Agent-General from volunteers and disembodied militia. This position given to him by Palmerston lasted to 1817. On 3 February 1825 Shee succeeded his father in the Shee Baronetcy, and lived at Dunmore House, Galway. He was J.P. and D.L. for Galway, and High Sheriff of County Galway in 1828. From November 1830 to 1834 Shee served in the Whig Government as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monivea Castle
Monivea Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhuine Mheá) is a former O'Kelly tower house, located near Monivea in County Galway, Ireland. It was acquired by the ffrench family, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway, who developed it further, enhancing the lands and building the Monivea Castle—all increasing the fortification around the original Norman tower. In 1876, the Monivea Castle estate took in 10,121 acres of land, including the features of the tower house ruins, Monivea Castle itself, the ffrench Mausoleum and Monivea Woods. The demesne lands surrounding Monivea Castle were worked directly for the benefit of the landlord. Further outlying lands were rented out for farming. Estate farmers and domestic servants lived in the surrounding region, the town of Monivea taking shape from this initial population, homes and servicing merchant posts. Features Monivea Castle Monivea Castle resides in the midst of extensive woodlands, encompassed by a stone fence and five rows of enormous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Martin (Irish Politician)
Colonel Richard Martin (15 January 1754 – 6 January 1834), was an Irish politician and campaigner against cruelty to animals. He was known as "Humanity Dick", a nickname bestowed on him by King George IV. He succeeded in getting the pioneering Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822, nicknamed 'Martin's Act', passed into British law. Early life Martin was born at Dangan in County Galway, the only son of Robert Martin FitzAnthony of Birch Hall, County Galway, and Bridget Barnwall, a daughter of Robert Barnewall, 12th Baron Trimlestown. He was raised at Dangan House, situated on the Corrib River, four miles upriver from the town of Galway. His father's family were Jacobites and one of "The Tribes of Galway," fourteen merchant families who ruled Galway from the 14th to 17th centuries. The Barnwalls were an ennobled family of Norman descent based in the counties of Dublin, Kildare and Meath in Leinster. Bridget Barnwall died when Richard was nine years old. Richard's father later mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blakeney (died 1789)
John Blakeney (c. 1729 – 25 July 1789) was an Irish soldier. He was son of John Blakeney and Grace Perrse, grandson of Robert Blakeney, brother of Robert Blakeney, Theophilus Blakeney and William Blakeney, and uncle of John Blakeney and Edward Blakeney. As a soldier John Blakeney fought in the Battle of Culloden, the Battle of Matinico and the siege of Havana and reached the rank of Colonel. He represented Athenry in the Irish House of Commons from 1763 to his death. He was High Sheriff of County Galway The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besi ... for 1768. He died unmarried. External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * http://thepeerage.com/p27666.htm#i276657 1720s births 1789 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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