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Fourteen Tribes of Galway
These tribal flags in Eyre Square represent the fourteen Tribes of Galway. The Tribes of Galway were fourteen merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D’Arcy, Deane, Font, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris and Skerritt.