James Riabhach Darcy was
Mayor of Galway in Ireland 1602–1603.
Life
Darcy was a member of the
Tribes of Galway, and the first of his family to become Mayor. The family originally humble farmers from
Pártraí,
County Mayo
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, who moved to Galway in the 1480s.
Darcy's ancestor,
Walter Riabhac Ó Dorchaidhe (fl. c. 1488), was of the
Partraige
The Partraige were a people of early historic Ireland.
Several attested branches were found in Ireland, including the following:
* Partraige Cera - located at the northern end of Lough Mask (Loch Mask) and the region of Lough Carra (Loch Cor ...
of
Lough Carra. Walter Riabhach is believed to have settled in Galway sometime in the mid-15th century.
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh states that this Walter Riabhach was''"the first man of the Uí Dorchaidhe who came to Galway, according to the Galweigians themselves"''.
Darcy was at one point vice-president of Connacht
By his first marriage to a Miss Bodkin, he fathered Nicholas, Martin, James, Anthony and Anastace. With Elizabeth Martyn he had Andrew and Patrick. Elizabeth Martyn was a granddaughter of
William Óge Martyn
William Óge Martyn ( fl. 1566–1592) was the 101st Mayor of Galway.
Early life
Also known as William Óge Martyn fitz Thomas, he was a son of Thomas Óge Martyn and Evelina Lynch of Galway. Bailiff of Galway in 1566 to 1567, he was kidnapped b ...
, and an aunt of
Richard Martyn, who would later become brother-in-law and legal partner of
Patrick Darcy.
He died towards the end of his term, and was replaced in office by Christopher Lynch, who had been his predecessor. His descendants included Patrick D'Arcy and
John Darcy
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* John (surname)
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New Testament
Works
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, the founder of
Clifden.
References
*''History of Galway'',
James Hardiman
James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway.
Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...
, 1820
*''Old Galway'', Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942
* ''Patrick Darcy, Galway Lawyer and Politician, 1598–1668'', Liam O'Malley, in ''Galway:Town and Gown 1484–1984'', ed.
Diarmuid Ó Cearbhaill
Diarmuid Ó Cearbhaill, Irish academic, served in the Department of Finance in Dublin before returning to University College Galway to serve as Léachtóir le Geilleagar agus Tráchtáil. He is honorary editor of the Journal of the Galway Archae ...
, Dublin, 1984.
* ''The Celebrated Antiquary:
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (c.1600–1671) - His Life, Lineage and Learning'', An Sagart,
Maynooth,
Nollaig Ó Muraíle, 1996; reprinted 2003.
* Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485–2001''. Galway: Galway City Council.
* Martyn, Adrian, ''The Tribes of Galway:1124–1642'', Galway, 2016.
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Politicians from County Galway
Mayors of Galway
16th-century Irish businesspeople
17th-century Irish businesspeople