Richard Óge Martyn (c. 1602 – 1648) was a

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

lawyer and member of the Catholic Confederates of Ireland. He was of the senior line of the

Martyn Martyn may refer to: *Martyn (surname), one of the Tribes of Galway and others *Martyn (given name) See also *Martin (disambiguation) *Marten (disambiguation) A marten is a mammal in the family ''Mustelidae''. Marten, Mårten, or Martén may also ...

family, one of the

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. He lived at

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. He worked with his brother-in-law and first cousin,

Patrick D'Arcy Patrick d'Arcy (27 September 1725 – 18 October 1779) was an Irish mathematician born in Kiltullagh, County Galway in the west of Ireland. His family, who were Catholics, suffered under the penal laws. In 1739 d'Arcy was sent abroad b ...

, against the Plantation of Connaught in the 1630s, and served on the Supreme Council of the Confederate Catholics in the 1640s. Martyn also served as

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, 1642–1643. He and D'Arcy were part of a network of Catholic lawyers in Galway who contrived to continue in practice in defiance of the Penal Laws, which barred Catholics from the professions. Richard was admitted to the

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in 1631: he was suspended from practice at the

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in 1635 as a known Catholic, but permitted to resume practice in 1637, apparently because he had sworn the

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. Friends and acquaintances included John Lynch,

Mary Bonaventure Browne Mother Mary Bonaventure Browne (born after 1610, died after 1670) was a Poor Clare nun, abbess, and Irish historian. Background A daughter of Andrew Browne fitz Oliver, a wealthy merchant and a member of The Tribes of Galway. She was a niece of ...

, and Sir

Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh Sir Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name, died 1673. Ó Seachnasaigh was married to Joan, daughter of Lord Barrymore and had sons Roger and Cormac. A copy of his will survives. References * * ''History of Galway'', James Hardiman, 1820 ...

. His contemporaries included

Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (), sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe and antiquary and chief author of the ''Annals of the Four Masters,'' assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Pereg ...

and Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim.

1641 Depositions

Martyn is mentioned in several of the 1641 Depositions concerning the events in Galway from early 1642 to summer 1643, in which he took a leading part: * William Hamond – ' * Joseph Hampton – ' (including) Richard Martin, ' * William Lincoln – ' * Thomas Bagworth – ' * Andrew Darcy – ' Among the most damming depositions are those given by John Turner: * '

Family and descendants

He was survived by his wife, Magdalene French, and five surviving children,

Oliver Óge Martyn Oliver Óge Martyn, Irish Jacobite and landowner, fl. ca. 1630-ca. 1709. The eldest son of Richard Óge Martyn of Dunguaire Castle and his wife Magdalene French, he represented Galway Borough in the Patriot Parliament of 1689. He fought in the ...

, Peter Martyn, John, Patrick and Magdalene, and his father Oliver Mór Martyn. He is an ancestor of both the first president of

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Edward Martyn Edward Martyn (30 January 1859 – 5 December 1923) was an Irish playwright and early republican political and cultural activist, as the first president of Sinn Féin from 1905–08. Early life Martyn was the elder son of John Martyn of Tullira ...

(1859–1923), and the leader of the

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and

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Edward Carson, Baron Carson Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire) (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who served as the Attorney General and Solicito ...

(1854–1935). A later descendant was the Hungarian artist,

Ferenc Martyn Ferenc Martyn (1899 – 1986) was an artist and sculptor, Hungarian-born descendant of the Martyn tribe of County Galway, descended from the same branch of the Tribe as Edward Martyn of Tullira (1859 – 1923). His great-grandfather and brother ...

(1899–1986). He was a kinsman to Richard Martin (1754–1834), who was likewise an Irish nationalist.

External links

* http://1641.tcd.ie/about.php

References

* ''History of Galway'',

James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...

, 1820 * ''Old Galway'',

Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan was Professor of History at Queens College, Galway (now NUI Galway) from 1914 to 1957. Biography One of ten children, four of whom survived infancy, Donovan was born at Fair Hill Road in Galway on 24 November ...

, 1942 * ''Confederate Ireland 1642–49'', Micheal O'Siochru, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1999 * "Land ownership in the 17th Century", Adrian Martyn, in ''As The Centuries Passed: A History of Kiltullagh 1500–1900'' pp. 93–96, 2000. * ''Kingdoms in Crisis: Ireland in the 1640s'', Micheál Ó Siochrú, ed., Dublin, 2000. * Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485–2001''. Galway: Galway City Council. * "A Galway Lawyer at the

Confederation of Kilkenny Confederate Ireland, also referred to as the Irish Catholic Confederation, was a period of Irish Catholic self-government between 1642 and 1649, during the Eleven Years' War. Formed by Catholic aristocrats, landed gentry, clergy and military ...

", Adrian Martyn, ''Journal of the

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'', Summer 2006 * Martyn, Adrian, ''The Tribes of Galway:1124–1642'', Galway, 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Martyn, Richard Oge 1600s births 1648 deaths 17th-century Irish people Mayors of Galway People from County Galway Irish Roman Catholic Confederates People of the Irish Confederate Wars Alumni of King's Inns Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies Irish MPs 1634–1635