Martin;
Variant Spellings; Gillmartin, Gillmartine, McGillmartin, McGillmartyn, (Mac)Gilmartin, Kilmartin, Marten, Martyn.
Martin is a common name in Ireland as it is also in England and Scotland. The Galway City Martins are of Norman origin and are one of the 'Fourteen Tribes' of that city.
Nowadays, even though the Gaelic Martins may write the name with an O or a Mac, neither prefix is used. These Martins are derived from two different septs, one a branch of the O'Neills of Co. Tyrone, and the other, also from Co. Tyrone, is Mac Giolla Mhartain in Irish. This latter name becomes Gilmartin or Kilmartin in English and means the son of the servant of Martin. The Gaelic Martins are now to be found in Tyrone, Fermanagh, Sligo and Leitrim.
Richard Martin (1754-1834) was noted for two main interests, dueling and the prevention of cruelty to animals; as a result he was known as 'Hair-trigger Dick' and also as 'Humanity Dick'. Violet Martin (1862-1923) was a popular novelist writing with her cousin as Somerville and Ross.
John Martin (1812-1875) was the brother-in law of John Mitchell and he was deported to Tasmania for his revolutionary paper The Irish Felon. Mother Mary Martin (1892-1975) founded the Medical Missionaries of Mary.
The coat of arms below is that of the Galway Martins and their motto is 'Auxilium meum a Domino'.
Coat of Arms
Martin
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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