Families of County Galway
Iar Connacht and the Gaillimh of the Tribes — Ó Flaithbheartaigh ground, Aran Islands, the Twelve Bens.
Families of County Galway
- KellySecond most common Irish surname — the Uí Maine of Galway, and six other dynasties besides.
- BurkeThe de Burgo Lords of Connacht — Hibernis ipsis Hiberniores.
- JoyceOf Iar Connacht and Galway city — one of the Tribes, and the family of James Joyce.
- LynchOf the Tribes of Galway — and, by tradition, of the phrase 'Lynch law'.
- ConnollyOf Connemara and the Fews — and the founder of Irish socialism.
- ClarkeAnnalists of Tír Chonaill — and the surname of the 1916 Proclamation's first signatory.
Historic ties to Galway
Families with historic but not core ground in this county.