Joyce Country ( ga, Dúiche Sheoighe) is a cultural region in counties Galway and Mayo in Ireland. It is sometimes called Partry, after the former tribal territory of the ''

Partraige The Partraige were a people of early historic Ireland. Several attested branches were found in Ireland, including the following: * Partraige Cera - located at the northern end of Lough Mask (Loch Mask) and the region of Lough Carra (Loch Cor ...

'', which it largely matches. Part of it falls within the Connacht Gaeltacht. Joyce Country lies on the shores of Lough Mask and

Lough Corrib Lough Corrib ( ; ) is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib or Galway River connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Nea ...

, and includes the Partry Mountains. It is a rural area that includes small settlements such as

Clonbur ''An Fhairche'' (locally ''An Fháirthí''), or Clonbur in English, is a Gaeltacht village in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The village of Clonbur sits between Lough Corrib and Lough Mask. Two kilometres to the west rises Mount Gable wher ...

, Cong,

Cornamona Corr na Móna (anglicized as Cornamona) is a village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. It is part of the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking region) in Joyce Country, and of the possible future geopark. The village lies on the north of Lough Corr ...

and

Toormakeady Toormakeady or Tourmakeady (, the official name) is a Gaeltacht in south County Mayo in the west of Ireland. It is located between the shores of Lough Mask and the Partry Mountains, and covers 66.51 square miles. As at the time of the 2011 cens ...

. It borders Connemara, to its south and west.

Joyce family

One of the first of the family ("Seoige" in Gaelic) recorded in Connacht was Thomas Joy, who established a minor

Hiberno-Norman From the 12th century onwards, a group of Normans invaded and settled in Gaelic Ireland. These settlers later became known as Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans. They originated mainly among Cambro-Norman families in Wales and Anglo-Normans from ...

lordship in northern Iar Connacht. His territory was the

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

of Ross, contiguous to Killery Bay and extending from Cong river to the river. The Joyce family became completely Gaelicised, ruled over their followers like the

Chief Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

s of an

Irish clan Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. A clan (or ''fine'' in Irish) included the chief and his patrilineal relatives; howe ...

, and assimilated into the local Gaelic culture.

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* Hardiman, James, ''History of Galway'', 1820 * Gillespie and Moran, eds., ''Galway: History and Society'', Geography Publications, 1996. * Martyn, Adrian, ''The Tribes of Galway:1124–1642'', Galway, 2016.

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Geography of County Mayo Geography of County Galway {{Mayo-geo-stub

Joyce family

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