Thomas Óge Martyn, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1533-c. 1577.

Early life

Martyn was a

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of Galway and a member of the

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West Bridge and Mills

In 1558 he obtained a grant from Queen Mary to build a mill on the west side of the Corrib river, on condition that he build a new stone bridge defended with gates and battlements. Old-Galway

It was completed in 1562 and bore a plaque declaring that Thomas Óge and his wife Evelina Lynch ''"caused this bridge and mill to be made"''. The bridge and mills was demolished c. 1800 and rebuilt as the Bridge Mills by the Murphy family. The rebuilt bridge is now called O'Brien's Bridge.

Later life and descendants

Thomas Óge served as

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of Galway from September 1533 to September 1534, and served twice as Mayor of Galway for the terms 1549–1550, and 1562–1563. He served as a master of Galway from 1550 to 1577, after which he disappears from the town records. He was the father of William Óge Martyn and Francis Martin, both of whom were later Mayors of Galway. Via William Óge, Thomas Óge is believed to be an ancestor of Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin (1754–1834),

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(1815–50) and

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(1899–1992).

Notes

*''Óge'' is the Irish term for ''the younger'' or ''junior''. Martyn was so-called to distinguish him from his grandfather, Thomas Martin, murdered sometime before May 1520.

References

* ''History of Galway'', James Hardiman, Galway, 1820. * ''Old Galway'', Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942. * Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001''. Galway: Galway City Council. * Martyn, Adrian (2016). ''The Tribes of Galway: 1124-1642''

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005F/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Martyn, Thomas Oge Year of birth missing 1577 deaths 16th-century Irish businesspeople People of Elizabethan Ireland Mayors of Galway Politicians from County Galway