Joyce Country ( ga, Dúiche Sheoighe) is a cultural region in counties

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and Mayo in

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. It is sometimes called Partry, after the former tribal territory of the '' Partraige'', which it largely matches. Part of it falls within the Connacht

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. Joyce Country lies on the shores of Lough Mask and

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, and includes the Partry Mountains. It is a rural area that includes small settlements such as Clonbur, Cong, Cornamona and Toormakeady. It borders Connemara, to its south and west.

Joyce family

One of the first of the family ("Seoige" in Gaelic) recorded in Connacht was Thomas Joy, who established a minor

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lordship in northern Iar Connacht. His territory was the

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of Ross, contiguous to Killery Bay and extending from Cong river to the river. The Joyce family became completely Gaelicised, ruled over their followers like the

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s of an

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, and assimilated into the local

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Books

* Hardiman, James, ''History of Galway'', 1820 * Gillespie and Moran, eds., ''Galway: History and Society'', Geography Publications, 1996. * Martyn, Adrian, ''The Tribes of Galway:1124–1642'', Galway, 2016.

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Geography of County Mayo Geography of County Galway {{Mayo-geo-stub

Joyce family

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