The History of the Town and Country of the Town of Galway

INDEX.

Admiralty of the bay of Galway, 285, note.
Aghnenure castle surprised by Morough na dubh O'Flaherty,

109.

Albanagh, Sir William de Burgh, the first 'M'William
oughter, so called, 56.

Altars in St. Nicholas' church, 246, note.
Amicable society, 312.

Annaghdown, ancient diocess of, 68.

Anaghkeene, Sir William de Burgh of, the first M'William
eighter, 55; takes possession of Galway, 56.
Ancient records of Ireland destroyed, 34.

Ardfry, Sir Richard Blake's house at, pillaged by captain
Willoughby, 115, 119.

Armada, Spanish, one of the vessels wrecked in the bay, 93;
several Spaniards beheaded by the lord deputy, ib.; humanity
of the town's people, ib. note.

Arms of Galway, 25, 57; note, 197.

Arran, Islands of, 5, 52, 63, 82, 207, addenda.

Articles upon the submission of Galway, 114, note; upon the
surrender of St. Augustine's fort, 121, note; of the town
to Coote, 132; and to Ginckle, 161.

Assizes first established in Connaught, 98, note.
Athenry suppoed to be ancient city of the Auterii, mentioned
by Ptolemy, 36; murage charter granted to, 49, note;
battle of, 54; burned by the Mac-an-Earlas, 87; im-
provements undertaken, 94, note; plundered and burned by
Hugh ruadh O'Donnell, ib.

Athlone bridge built, 39, note.
Athy, family of, 6, 7, 25, 54.

Ballinasloe, fairs of, 287, note.

Ballymanagh, fort of, built, 102.

Barrett, family of, 21, 25.

Bay of Galway, 4, 279.

Begg, family of, 21.

Bellasyse, Sir Henry, appointed governor of Galway, 162;
his description of the Papists, 164; elected mayor, ib.;
accused by colonel Purcell, ib. note.

Bells in St. Nicholas' church, 248, note.
Bermingham, family of, 21, 25.

Richard de, defeats Fedhlim O'Conor, 54; his

warlike character, ib. note.

Blake, Patrick, esq. of Drum, elected mayor, 188; dis-
franchises several non-resident freemen, ib.; oppposed by
Denis Daly, esq. ib.

Sir Walter, his petition to William III. 162, note.
Bodkin, family of, 8, 25, 50.

Bophin, castle of, built by Cromwell, 165; surrenders, ib.
Boundaries of the county of Galway, 99, note.

Bridge of Galway built, 57.

Browne, family of, 10, 25.

Bruce, Edward, invades Ireland, 53; defeats the earl of
Ulster and Fedhlim O'Conor, 54.

Burgh, Sir William leigh de, founds the Franciscan abbey,
Galway, 54; defeats Fedhlim O'Conor, ib.; his death and
issue, ib.

Burgo, William Fitz-Andelm de, ancestor of the family of
Clanricarde, arrives in Ireland, 44; obtains a grant of
Connaught from Hen. II. 45; his fame and power, ib.; his
death, ib.

Richard de, obtains a grant of Connaught from
Hen. III. 46; deposes Turlough, and establishes Fedhlim
O'Coner, ib.; afterwards defeats Fedhlim, and takes him
prisoner, 48; builds several additions to the castle of
Galway, and fortifies the town, ib.; dies, ib.

-- Walter, &c. defeated by Hugh O'Conor, 49; dies in
the castle of Galway, ib.; his possessions and principal
Anglo-Norman tenants in Connaught, 51, note.

Richard de, the red earl of Ulster, succeeds, 49;
imprisoned in the castle of Dublin, 53, note; defeated by
Bruce, 54.

Burke, family of, 21, 25, 44.

Castle of Galway built, 39; repaired and fortified, 47, 48.
Catholic clergy, severe treatment of, 134.

Catholic natives and inhabitants admitted to their freedom.
150, 151, 152; determine to support James II. 154; form
the garrison, ib.; turned out of the town, 167; re-
admitted, 169; again turned out, 170; petition to parlia-
ment, 183.

Charles II. his letter to the mayor of Galway, 125; letter to
restore the ancient inhabitants, 141; his ingratitude, 145;
charter, 147.

Charters granted to the corporation, 229.

Claddagh, account of, 292, note.

Clan-na-gall, English settlers in Galway so called, 2.

--——, Sir Richard, governor of Connaught, his rigor Clandonnells, sept of the, 21, 86.

and exactions, 94.

Black petition against the Catholics, 183, note.

Blake, family of, 7, 25, 50, 54.

Clanfirgail, ancient district of, 3.

Clanmorris, lord, forced into rebellion, 116.
Clanricarde, origin of the name, 55.

Clanricarde, Sir William de Burgh, the last M'William
eighter, created earl of, 81; excluded from all power in
Galway, 82.

Rickard, earl of, first lord president of Connaught,
99, note; appointed governor of Galway, 102.

—, Ulick, marquis of, his care to secure the public
peace, 109; his character, ib. note; composes the differences
between the town and fort, 110; reduces the town to
obedience, 114; succeeds Ormond as lord deputy of Ireland
127.

Clare Galway abbey and castle built, 44, note; castle
garrisoned, 112; surprised by captain Burke, 120; taken
by Coote, 128.

Clare, Richard de, war between him and de Burgo, 53.
Clarence, duke of, marries Elizabeth, heiress of the earl of
Ulster, 57; lays claim to Galway, ib; his issue, ib. note;
inquisition taken after his death, ib.

Clifford, Sir Conyers, president of Connaught, 94, note.
Cogan, Milo, defeated in Connaught, 44.

Collegiate church, 233; seal, ib; chapel, 254.

Cole, Elisha, A.M. 89; note, 252.

Coleman, family of, 21.

Colony, Dutch, proposes to settle near Galway, 101;
frustrated, 102.

Commerce of Galway, 51, 58, 67, 83, 106, 138; declines,
174; causes misrepresented, 286; chamber of, 290,
Common council, list of, 187, note.

Communication between Lough-Corrib and the sea, commonly
called Lynch's folly, commenced, 76.
Conflagration in the town, 41, 65, 76, 101.

Connaught, 8, 99, note; derivation of the name, 32; its
miserable situation, 45; divided into counties, 91.
Coote, Sir Charles, defeats and kills the R. C. archbishop
of Tuam, 122; invests Galway, 128; proposes conditions,
130; town surrenders, 132; his severities, 137.
Corporation disputes, 170, 227; decayed state, 285,
Corrib, lough, 4, 279.

Costume of the Irish, 202, note.

Council of state assembles in Galway, 181.

Craddock, family of, 21.

Crean, family of, 21, 25.

Cromwell, Henry, his description of Galway, 23, 138.
Customs paid in the town previously to 1400, 51, note.

Daly, judge, measures taken by him for the pacification of
the country, 157.
James, esq.
187.
-- Right Hon. Denis, triumphs over corporation oppo-
sition, 189.

of Carrownekelly, his influence in Galway,

James, esq, of Dunsandle, opposition against him in
Galway, 193.

Denis Bowes, esq. disfranchised, 188, note; represents
the town in parliament, 232.

Danes, their barbarities, 39; destroy the ancient city of
Galway, ib.

D'arcy, family of, 11, 25.

" Patrick, esq. addenda.

Deane, family of, 12, 25, 65,
Desmond, earl of, 86, note.

Disputes between the archbishops of Tuam and the collegiate
clergy, 245, 256; between the members of the corporation,
170, 227; between the tribes and non-tribes, 256, 258,
260.

Division of Ireland by Heber and Heremon, the sons of
Milesius, 33.

Dominican friary, 270; chapel built, ib; nunnery, 277.

Dune-bun na Gaillve, castle of Galway, so called, 40.
Dunlo Castle, near Ballinasloe, built, $9.

East-tower gate built, 105, note.

Education of the Irish, 86, note; low state of in Ireland
dnring the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth, 86, note;
Edw. IV. his charter to the town, 65; Edw. VI. his charter,
84; declares the bull of Innocent VIII. void, and re-esta-
blishes the collegiate church, 240.
Emon-a-Tuane Lynch, 57.

English rapacity and want of principle, 68, note.
mayor and sheriffs appointed, 136.

Eochaidh Feidhlioch, monarch of Ireland, divides Connaught
into three parts, 33.

Essex, ear of, describes the ruined state of Galway, 146.
Etymological inquiries, 1.

Excommunication by the warden of Galway, 113, note.
Eyre, Edward, his dispute with Robert Martin of Ross, 142;
accused of treasonable words, ib; acquitted by the house
of commons, 143; his answer, ib. note; obtains a lease
from the corporation, 145, note.

Stratford, esq. governor of the town, 177; his returns
on the state of the fortifications, ib; complaints of his rigor,
180; his answers, ib.

Fairs, patents for holding at Galway, 224, note; at Balli
nasloe, 287, note.

Falkland, lord deputy, arrives in Galway, 102; his muni-
ficence, ib.

Ffallon, family of, 21, 26, 65.

Families of Galway before Henry II. 6.

Fines paid by the O'Conors, M'Dermods, O'Kellies,
O'Flendegan and O'Fergill, 48, 49, note.

Fire-engine much wanted in Galway, 315, note.

Fishery, salmon, 291; herring, 296; sunfish, cod and turbot,

297.

Fitton, president of Connaught, his severities, 85.

Fitzpatrick, Richard, esq. M. P. supports the Daly interest
against that of Eyre, 188.

Fitzwilliams, lord. deputy, his cruelty, 95; visits Galway,
receives submissions of the Irish chieftains, and causes
several Spaniards to be beheaded, ib.

Flaxseed first imported into Galway, 290, note.
Fleet, East India, arrives in the bay, 168, 190.
Ffont, family of, 13, 25, 50.

Forbes, lord, arrives in the bay of Galway, 116; his
brutal conduct, 118.

Fortifications built, 122; decayed state described, 177;
demolished, 192.

Franciscan friary, 264; chapel built, 267; nunnery, 274.
Freemen, non-resident, decision in favor of, 196.
Ffrench, family of, 15, 25, 65.

Oranmore, castle of, 112; surrendered, 121; taken by Simcockes, family of, 223, note.
Coote, 128.

Ordinances for the town by Henry VIII. 80, note.

Ormond, earl of, claims prisage of wine in Galway, 79; in-
stitutes proceedings, but is defeated, ib.; claim revived, 91;
established, 92; abstract of the proceedings, ib. note.
marquis of, sails from Galway, 126.

O'Shaughnessy, family of, 216, note.

Paper manufactory, 290.

Parishes of the collegiate church, 250, note.

Patrick, St. destroys the pagan annals of Ireland, 34; builds
a church near Galway, 38.

Pelham, lord deputy, arrives in the town, 89; confirms the
charter, 90; stations the first regular troops, 91.
Penrise, family of, 6, 25.

Perrot, lord deputy, arrives in Galway, 91; divides Connaught
into counties, ib.; corrects many abuses, ib.
Peters, Hugh, the famous fanatic, 117.

Pierce Martin, Dame Mary Lynch, the earl of Clanricarde,
and Granie ny Keroill, curious note concerning, 81.
Plague rages, 126, 133.

Plantation of Galway by a colony from Liverpool and Glou-

cester projected, 139.

Population, 192, 193, 194.

Portumna castle, 109; town 122.

Possessions of the collegiate church, 114, note.

Presentation convent, 278.

Presidents of Connaught, 103, note.

Preston, general, appointed governor, 128; takes shipping in

the bay, and goes to France, 129; his letter to Ireton, ib. note.
Prisage of wines, 81, 83, 91, 92.

Protestant inhabitants removed out of the town, 155; petition
parliament, 171, 186.

Ptolemy, his description of Ireland, 35.

Purcell, colonel Toby, his upright conduct, 164, note; opposes
Sir Henry Bellasyse, ib.; accuses Edward Eyre, ib.

Quarter episcopals, what, 247, note.

Queen Elizabeth, her charter, 86.

Quin, family of, 21, 26, 66.

Quo-Warranto against the corporation, 152.

Recorders, list of, 230,

Reilig-na-Riogh, famous burying place of, 33.

Remarkable instance of inflexible justice, 70.

Richard II. his first charter to Galway, 61; second charter, ib.
III. his charter, 69.

Rinmore, battery erected at, 120.

Rintinane, battery at, ib.

Rinuncini, the pope's nuncio, his violent proceedings in
Galway, 124; takes shipping in the bay, and quits the
kingdom, 125.

Robe, town of, 60.

Roscommon, county of, 99, note.

Ross, barony of, 100, note.

Rotherham, Sir Thomas, appointed first governor of St. Au-
gustine's fort, 97; his character 98; elected Mayor, ib.
Russell, lord deputy, visits the town, 94.

colonel, purchases the charter and other duties from
Mrs. Hamilton, 147; elected mayor, ib.

Schools in Galway, 175, note.

Semper, family of, 21.

Several curious particulars requiring reformation, 208.
Ships of Galway, Dune and Conmacnamara, 41.

Shruel, massacre at, 110, note.

Sidney, lord deputy, arrives in Galway, 85; his observations
on the town, ib.

Skerrett, family of, 19, 25, 50.
Smith, Erasmus, his free-school, 310.
Smuggling prevalent in Galway, 174.
Spa-well near the town, 281, note.
Spanish pride, 314, note.

Speed, his description of Galway, 22.

St. John, Sir Oliver, his description of Connaught, 22.
Staple for wool, &c. established in Galway, 58; removed, 59.
Strafford, lord, vide Wentworth.

Sussex, lord deputy, arrives in Galway, 84.

Streets of Galway first paved, 77.

Stubbers, colonel, appointed governor of the town, 134; bis
proceedings, ib.

Tacitus, his observations on Ireland. 34.
Taylor, Walter, esq. his return, 175.
Tenures, singular, in Galway, 282, note.
Theatre, 315.

Thomond. country of, added to Connaught, 91; afterwards
united to Munster, ib. note.

earl of, arrives in Galway, 89; his son put to
death, 88, note.

Ware Sir James, his derivation of the name of Galway, 2;
his opinion as to the Irish tribes mentioned by Ptolemy, 35,
36, 37.

Warrant of freedom to Galway, 127, note.

Wentworth, lord deputy, arrives in the town, 104; proceed-
ings to find the king's title to Connaught, ib. his arbitrary
treatment of the sheriff and jury of Galway, 105; the
king's title found, ib.

West-gate and tower, built by Thomas Martin, 84.
Will of Dominick Lynch, curious extract from, 235, note.
Willoughby, Sir Francis, appointed governor of St Augustine's
fort, 98; arrives in Dublin, and describes the state of the
town, 109.

captain Anthony, left in command of the fort,
109; his violent conduct, 110; burns the suburbs, 112;
defeats the pacific measures of Lord Clanricarde, 115;
kills many of the town's people 116; surrenders the fort,
121; tragical fate of several of his men, ib. note.
Wool, exportation of, 174, note.

Young, Arthur, his tour through Ireland, 292, note.
men, company of, formed, 77.

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