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

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of 1689. He fought in the

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, been listed as a Major in Bourke's Musketeers, which last fought at the

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. Several members of his family were killed, while his brother, Justice of the

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Peter Martyn was exiled with his family during the Flight of the Wild Geese. However, Martyn survived being attainted and held onto his lands through the provisions of the Treaty of Limerick. In 1709, when the

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passed the first major piece of anti-Catholic legislation, Martyn's Tullira estate was exempted from its property clauses because, as James Hardiman wrote, it had been noted that ''Oliver Martyn, of Tulliry, Co Galway, Esquire, was, during the rebellion, a person who behaved himself with great moderation, and was remarkably kind to numbers of Protestants in distress, many of which he supported in his own family, and by his charity and goodness saved their live''. Therefore, it was ''enacted that he might enjoy his estates to him and his heirs, and settle and dispose of the same to his eldest son and heirs male''. He married Frances, daughter of John Donellan of Ballydonnelan, and Mary Daly, daughter of Charles Daly of Calla. They had had three sons. His notable descendants included

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, Edward Carson, Baron Carson, and Ferenc Martyn.

Sources

*''History of Galway'', James Hardiman, Galway, 1820 *''King James II's Irish Army List'' by D'Alton, ca. 1861 *''

: An Aristocratic Bohemian'', Madeline Humphries, 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Martyn, Oliver Oge 17th-century births 18th-century deaths 18th-century Irish people Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies People from County Galway Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Irish MPs 1689

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