The D’Arcys of Kiltullagh, Porridgetown East, and Magheramore

The D’Arcys of Kiltullagh were prominent in County Galway from the 16th through the 19th

centuries and may be the ancestors of modern-day D’Arcy/Darcy families who trace their roots back to 19th century Porridgetown East and Magheramore. The following is an attempt to identify the nature of the family’s origins and sort out members of the two local groups.

-RF O’Connor

The D’Arcys of Kiltullagh

The origins of various D’Arcy families who lived in and around the City of Galway in the 16 th and 17th centuries have long been disputed. Their ancestors are often described as Anglo-Norman adventurers who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066, moved to the west of Ireland, and there became one of the “Fourteen Tribes” of Galway. But since the 17th century, Irish historians have argued that at least the Kiltullagh branch descends from the ancient Gaelic ÓDorchaidhe clan, which had its roots about 70 miles north of Oughterard in Partry, near Lough Mask in County Mayo.

Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh (c.1590-1670) was a 17th century genealogist whose masterwork, the “Book of Genealogies,” profiles Gaelic and Anglo-Norman families from biblical times to the mid-1600s. He lived and worked in the City of Galway, where Patrick D’Arcy (1598-1668), a constitutional lawyer and member of the Kiltullagh branch, was said to have been among his many personal acquaintances.1

In addressing the issue of the ancient origins of the D’Arcys of Kiltullagh, 19th century Irish antiquarian John O’Donovan cited MacFhirbhisigh as follows:2

“MacFirbisigh’s genealogy ascribed a Gaelic origin to the Darcys of Galway and, as O Dorchaidhe (Anglicised as ‘O Dorsey’), were chieftains of an area about Partry in what would later be known as County Mayo. In his ‘Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach,’ MacFirbisigh recorded that the Darcy family who had by the sixteenth century come to prominence in the town of Galway was descended of these Gaelic O Dorceys.

“It was the view of the historian Martin J. Blake, writing in his ‘Blake Family Records 1600-1700,’ that Walter riabhach O Dorchaidhe, whom MacFirbisigh’s contemporaries gave as the first to establish the family in Galway, may have settled in the town of Galway sometime in the early-to-mid-fifteenth century. The family at some point dropped the ‘O’ in their surname and Blake noted that the original form of the family name in the old Corporation Book of Galway was

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubhaltach_Mac_Fhirbhisigh#Leabhar_na_nGenealach2 http://burkeseastgalway.com/darcy-of-kiltullagh-etc/

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‘Dorsey’, which he remarked ‘would accurately represent the pronunciation of the Irish word Dorchaidhe.’

“One of the most prominent early members of this particular branch was James Riaveagh (sic) Dorsey, given by MacFirbisigh as ‘son of Nicholas, son of Conor, son of Patrick son of Thomas’ son of that same Walter riaveagh O Dorchaidhe. At an early stage, after settling at Galway, the family is believed to have become heirs to an established family of the town, the Develyns, and over time various members of the Dorseys or Darcys attained high office in the town.”

Given MacFhirbhisigh’s professional interests, and the fact, as reported, that he and Patrick D’Arcy were personally acquainted, it’s likely that at some point the question of the family’s origins would have come up in conversation. One might then believe that Patrick’s input would have strongly influenced the distinguished genealogist’s convictions on the subject.

If the O Dorchaidhe family of native Irish Catholics did abandon its rural origins and move down to the city in about 1450, as MacFirbisigh believed, they’d have encountered serious hostility.

The town of Galway was originally settled by Anglo-Norman families who erected both physical and social barriers to protect themselves from the locals, especially the belligerent O’Flahertys. To underscore their loathing of the native Irish, Protestant town fathers included the following sentiment in a 1518 by-law: “. . . neither O nor Mac shall strutte (sic) through the streets of Galway.”3 To further that notion, in 1520 the King’s English was declared the language of the town and use of Irish in civil courts was banned.

Regardless of that ugly climate, the aggressive, savvy leader of the ÓDorchaidhe clan opted to turn his back on raiding neighboring clans and move to the biggest town in the region to seek his fortune. To ensure success, his strategy may have been to anglicized his name and adopt the way it was spelled locally, with an apostrophe and capital A, then use his brash self-confidence, perhaps sweetened by an engaging personality, to get accepted into Galway’s Tribal circles. Once his foot was in the door, the next move would be to marry into money.

The chart below traces the family’s line of inheritance over the three hundred years of its prominence.

3 Hell or Connaught! The Cromwellian Colonisation of Ireland 1652-1660, Peter Berresford Ellis, first published in 1975, Hamish Hamilton, Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland, pg.74.

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It clearly illustrates how, after getting its start during the late 16 th century, the clan systematically intermarried with influential Galway families, including the “Fourteen Tribes”, produced lots of children, educated them well, and encouraged them to set their sights high. The strategy worked and the family not only survived the turbulent Cromwell era, but prospered.

A few of the family’s more distinguished members:

First to appear in Galway records was James Riabhac (grey-haired) D’Arcy. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) as Vice President of Connacht and served as Chief Magistrate of Galway and Mayor of the City.4

His eldest son, James Oge (the younger) D’Arcy was active in real estate. In 1641, in partnership with Richard Martin and another man, he owned thirty townlands scattered across Moycullen Barony.5 Their portfolio included Porridgetown (both East and West), but not Magheramore.

Riabhac’s younger son, Patrick, was a highly regarded lawyer, a member of the Irish House of Commons, an outspoken Jacobite and a leader in resistance to

4 https://www.connemara.net/192313-2/ 5 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/landowners.php#l1=Darcy,+James+Oge&mc=53.321842,-9.28814&z=11

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English rule. Subsequentto the Insurrection of 1641 he drafted a constitution for the proposed Irish Catholic Confederacy. For his actions he was imprisoned, his lands confiscated, and he was exiled to an island off the coast of Connemara.6

John D’Arcy, Esq., the last head of the family before its dissolution after the Famine, was briefly the High Sheriff of Galway and later founded the city of Clifden. He prepared the Tithe Applotment Survey for Killannin Parish in 1829, in company with a major local landowner, Robert Martin. Two centuries before, his relatives had owned Porridgetown, among their other holdings, in the Barony of Moycullen.

Some of the family’s descendants rose to power in Galway, others in France, where they sent their children to avoid the onerous restrictions of the Penal Laws and to receive proper educations.7

It’s unclear when the family received their grant of land in Kiltullagh, near Athenry in East Galway, but it was reportedly conveyed because of an act of kindness performed by a female family member in saving the lives of English soldiers during the Civil War.8

The D’Arcys appear to have been good landlords in Moycullen and elsewhere, but heavy debts incurred during the Famine (1845-52) drove the family into bankruptcy. The estate was gradually reduced in size, then totally dissolved by 1859.9

Whatever their origins or the source of their early fortune, it’s clear that this family regularly produced intelligent, ambitious, and socially gifted individuals. They appear to have bypassed tradition and by dint of their willpower and natural talents, drove their unique ‘tribe’ to become a vital force in Galway and Connacht political and commercial circles.

As the family grew some of its members, particularly those in line of inheritance, became socially prominent and members of the bar. But not every member of the family would have had either access to or interest in pursuing those opportunities. These would have turned instead to other pursuits, becoming merchants, farmers and herdsmen.

In that context, it’s not much of a stretch to conceive that some of the family members may have settled in Porridgetown early in the 17th century when James Oge Darcy first acquired the townland. From the chart, it’s clear that James Oge’s line would have continued to expand after the line of inheritance shifted to his cousin James in the mid-17th century. Those of James’s descendants not fortunate enough to be on the main line were also quite numerous. Some, beginning as early as the late 17th century, two generations after James Oge D’Arcy, might have elected to set down roots in Moycullen Barony. It’s notable, though, that in Griffith’s Survey of 1855, two centuries after the family owned more than two dozen townlands in the area, D’Arcy families were living in only Porridgetown East and Pollagh. When they reached a point where

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_D%27Arcy7 http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/DArcy.html

8 https://www.connemara.net/192313-2/9 http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=766

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they needed more land to feed their growing families - possibly during the 18 th or pre-Famine 19th century while the Irish population was still expanding - some younger members may have shifted over to Magheramore.

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The numbering system in the family group charts that follow connects historical figures with their immediate descendants. The prefix DK stands for the D’Arcys of Kiltullagh; DP for the Darcys of Porridgetown, and DM for Darcys of Magheramore. Successive generations each add a decimal place. For example, in the chart below, DK 1.0, John D’Arcy, Esq., had six children from his first marriage. We’re interested here in only the two oldest, who are identified, in order of birth, as DK 1.1, Hyacinth John D’Arcy, and DK 1.2, Major John Talbott D’Arcy. The latter’s immediate heir was his son, John Lionel Talbott D’Arcy, DK 1.2.1.

For security reasons, and to protect the privacy of living descendants, no attempts have been made to detail the names of individuals over three generations removed from people listed in Griffith’s.

DK 1.1(Griffith's, 1855)

Inishanboe Island (Lough Corrib) Hyacinth John D'Arcy, Rev. 1806-1874 m No Children

Hyacinth D'Arcy Frances (Fanny) Bellingham 1852Mary Blake 1808-1854 m Mary Elizabeth Hyacinthe 1863-1945Julia Lynch Mary Anne Newman 1862 Isabel Frances 1864-1932

1823-1908 Anna Louisa Hyacinthe Talbot 1866-1944

DK 1.2 No ChildrenCastle Park, Co. Galway

John Talbott D'Arcy, Maj. m DK 1.2.11811-1896 1840 Castlepark & Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

Sarah Anne Tilley m John Lionel Talbot D'Arcy 1846 1846-1877 m John Lionel Talbot 1871-1881

Jane Kelly Henrietta (Minnie) Hartrick 1870 Frances (Fanny) Mary 1872-19591815-1865 1850-1890 Jane Hyacinthe 1873-1895

Standish Masterman, R.N. 1875-1896Frances Blake Clifden

17xx-1815 Patrick 1812-1864 Arthur 1847-1847 Isabella, 1813-1879 Charles 1847-1847

#1 m 1804 James 1814-1872 Alfred Defrayne 1849-1878Julia 1815-1885 Reginald 1851-1878

DK 1.0Kiltullagh, Galway, Clifden Various Locations

John D'Arcy, Esq. Edward Malone 1820-18741785-1839 Henry Sneyd 1821-1902

Elizabeth Malone 1823-1909#2 m 1820 Louisa Bagot 1824-1903

Catherine 1824-1824 Richard Sneyd 1826-1849

Louisa Bagot Sneyd William Bagot 1827-18701798-1874 Norman Lionel 1829-1857

Catherine 1837-1917

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records,Connemara.net https://www.connemara.net/192313-2/Ancestry Family Trees

The D'Arcy Family of Kiltullagh & Clifden Castle

The Darcy Families of Porridgetown East

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Commissioners with responsibility for conducting the Tithe Survey for Killannin (Civil) Parish, including Porridgetown, in 1828, were two members of the landed gentry: John D’Arcy, Esq. and Robert Martin. D’Arcy was a member of the D’Arcys of Kiltullagh, who had been prominent in County Galway since the 16th century. Educated at Eton and Trinity, he owned property in the Parish of Omey, Ballynahinch, was a member of the bar and active in Galway politics. After serving briefly as High Sheriff of Galway in 1811, he fell into disfavor and was removed. He then turned his focus toward the estates he owned in Connemara and developing the town of Clifden.

Robert Martin was a member of the Martin family which, in the 17 th century, had been granted large estates in the west of Ireland seized from the O’Flahertys. As head of the Martins of Ross, he had large estates in Killannin Parish, was highly regarded in Galway political circles, and considered locally as a benevolent landlord. (Note: early members of the Martin (Ballynahinch) family are said to have lived in Birch Hall (Curraveha), which borders Porridgetown on its northern edge.10)

The report they produced does not contain the names of occupiers and simply offers a summary of funds collectable under the law (45£).11

Griffith’s Survey of 1855 lists 17 occupiers in Porridgetown East, including four men named Darcy (spelled with no apostrophe): Martin, John, Roger and John Jun. (junior). Robert Martin was the property owner [Family names of their neighbors included: Welby (2), Halloran (2), Flanagan, Walsh (2), Devine, Connor (2), McDonagh, Moloney, and Davern.] 12 l

There were 172 acres of cultivatable property in the townland. Two men, Patrick Moloney and Michael Davern each farmed about 20 acres, with the remainder split among fifteen others, who held just under nine acres apiece. All had access to 64 acres of peat bog. Nine acres of land put them in the category of “small farmers.”13 The soil quality value of their acreage varied; Martin, John and Roger worked land worth about 8 shillings, 5 pence (8s. 5d.), above average for the townland (6s. 5d.); John Jr.’s land was worth less, about 5s. 8d. At six to eight shillings per acre, though, the land in Porridgetown East was very poor quality, probably not unusual for the entire west of Ireland. (1st class land would be valued at 20-30 shillings per acre; 2nd class at 13-20; 3rd class below 13s.)14

10 http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/family-show.jsp?id=70711 http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab/004625670/004625670to00174.pdf (Equivalent to about £ 4,000, or USD $5,000 today.) 12 http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/13 “Is There More in Griffith’s Valuation Thank Just Names, by James R. Reilly https://irelandxo.com/sites/default/files/Griffiths%20background%20article.pdf 14 The meaning of Value in Griffith’s Valuations, by 1857 Schnelle, www.tiara.ie/TIARANewsletter/TIARANewsletterJune2019.pdf , and http://www.askaboutireland.ie/enfo/irelands- environment/biodiversity/definitions/soils-in-ireland/ Contrast Porridgetown’s land values against the village of Kildare, in an area that supplied produce for the tables of Dublin. Farmland there was valued at 23s 5d.

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Living on the edge of poverty was a continuing challenge for tenant farmers needing to feed their large families. From the post-Famine period into the 20 th century, crop failures periodically caused hard times that lasted from one to three years, compounded by the actions of crooked land agents.

“The Martins incurred heavy debts and never really recovered from the effects of the Famine but managed to hold on to their estate. . . After the death of James Martin in 1872, the Martin family left Ross for Dublin and did not return until 1888. . .While they were absent, a new agent took charge of the estate. His policy led to bitterness, discontent and evictions of tenants. About 1875, all the tenants of the townland of Porridgetown, which belonged to the Martins, were evicted from their homes to the side of the road. They lived in little huts and charitable people gave them food and lodgings.”15

“James Jackson, a local landlord of Kilaguile, was an agent of Robert Martin, who was often absent from his estate, as he worked as a journalist in London and Dublin. Jackson, on his own evidence to a commission in 1880, charged 40-50 per cent over the government valuation for his rents. He would evict tenants who refused to accept his terms. He said that he had been denounced by the tenant’s priest, Fr. Coyne, for his harsh conduct towards his tenants since 1875.16

“Cancellation Books” kept by the Valuation Office and updated every few years provide a definitive record of who leased and owned property in Porridgetown East over the period 1858-1978. There is no mention there of a “John, Jr.” 17

Three Darcys (again, no apostrophe): Martin, John and Roger were living in the townland in 1858 and paying taxes. Martin Darcy, along with four other occupiers (Thomas Welby, Roger Walsh, Myles Connor, and Jas. McDonagh, Jr.) each held a house, office and about ten acres of land; their landlord was Robert Martin. At the same time, Roger Darcy (DP 1.1) and John Darcy (DP 1.2) each had houses on sections of land they were renting (sub-leasing) from Martin Darcy, the actual leaseholder.

15 “Local Landlords,” by Murt Molloy, published in Oughterard Heritage: https://www.oughterardheritage.org/content/topics/murt-molloy-killannin-and-oughterard-local-history/local-landlords16 “Oughterard and Killannin, the Land League” by Murt Molloy, published in Oughterard Heritage: https://www.oughterardheritage.org/content/topics/murt-molloy-killannin-and-oughterard-local-history/oughterard-and-kilannin-the-land-league-1879-8217 Images of Cancellation Books provided online by the Valuation Office, May 2019. There is a short gap between Griffith’s, recorded in 1855 and finalized in 1857, and the beginning of written tax records for the townland in 1858.

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The clear suggestion here is that the latter three Darcys were related in some way. In support of that, civil records (which form the basis for the family profiles attached) indicate that both John and Roger had sons (possibly first-born, but we currently lack proof of that) named Martin.

Civil records later reveal that there were two additional Darcy families living in the townland; one headed by Connor Darcy (DP 2.1), the other by Michael Darcy (DP 2.2). Both had first-born sons named John. Their father, (assumed as being John DP 2.0 on the chart, might well be the “John” named in Griffith’s. If so, it’s possible that a clerk needing to differentiate between two Johns simply labelled the younger John (DP 1.2), Martin’s son, as “John, Jr.” Details of Roger, John, Connor, and Michael’s families are shown on their respective family sheets.

While no direct blood links have been documented between the D’Arcys of Kiltullagh and Darcy families in either Porridgetown or Magheramore, there are hints of possible ties. The key to resolving those ties may lie with Michael Darcy (DP 2.2) and his wife, Mary Lynch.

The given names of two of Michael and Mary’s sons, Nicholas and Isidore, were not from the traditional list favored by most Darcy families in either Porridgetown or Magheramore. Whether those were inadvertent choices or quiet tributes to the family’s ancestors isn’t clear, but put in historical context, they could reveal ages-old links between D’Arcys and Lynches and other members of the “Fourteen Tribes of Galway.” Three examples:

James Riabhac D’Arcy, Mayor of Galway in 1602-03 was the son of Nicholas D’Arcy. Riabhac also had a son he named Nicholas (Mayor of Galway in 1614), who was married to a Margaret Lynch.

John D’Arcy of Kiltullagh (b. 1730), married Catherine Lynch in 1752. Catherine was the daughter of Isidore Lynch of Drimcong, whose ancestors had been granted 2,700 acres in the Barony of Moycullen in 1679.18

There were also several Isadore Blakes (another of the “Fourteen Tribes”), including one (1685-1763) born to John Blake and Mary Lynch.19

It may be purely by chance that Isidore Darcy (DP 2.2.6) became Master of the Oughterard Workhouse around the turn of the 20th century, and that John Darcy’s daughter Anna Honoria (DP 1.2.2) and her husband Mathias Clancy had preceded him as workhouse Master and Matron during the 1890s. But assuming it wasn’t just about earning a salary, their willingness to help the poor reflected the works of Major John Talbot D’Arcy (1811-96), son of the last head of the Kiltullagh branch who had founded Clifden. During the Famine, “. . . as well as doubtless giving aid in Clifden, (D’Arcy) had a workhouse especially built on his land at the Inagh valley end of Kylemore. . ..” 20 The mountain of debt occasioned by personal spending of this sort drove the family into bankruptcy just a few years after the end of the Famine.

18 Pedigree of D’Arcy: https://archive.org/stream/visitationofengl30howa#page/24/mode/2up/search/french, and Lynch, Drimcong Estate: http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=864 19 https://www.myheritage.com/names/isidore_blake 20 The Story of Connemara, Patricia Kilroy, Gill & McMillan, Ltd., Dublin, 1989.

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Michael Darcy (DP 2.2) also plays a part in a minor mystery involving the Lee family in neighboring Pollagh. Roger Lee was a descendant of Redmond Lee who, in the 17 th century, lived in Moyaskeragh, an old clachan in Pollagh. The Lees were a large family of ancient origin and quite prominent in the Galway community.

In about 1850, Roger Lee married a woman named Kate. Five years later, in 1855, Griffith’s lists a John Darcy residing in Pollagh, on land owned by Roger Lee. John left that holding around 1860 and was replaced by Michael Darcy, who stayed on for another five years. It’s possible that these two may have been John Darcy (DP 2.0) and his son, Michael (DP 2.2). If that’s the case, it’s likely that Roger Lee’s wife Kate was actually Kate Darcy, the sister of both John (DP 2.0), and Martin (DP 1.0). (Accordingly, she’s shown as DP 3.0? on the Porridgetown Heads of Families chart.)

The reason why John, and later his son, Michael took up the holding in Pollagh may have been to free a section of land back in Porridgetown for use by a younger family member. The move was an easy one because the landlord in Pollagh, Roger Lee, had become John’s brother-in-law.

Apart from an early 20th century younger-generation marriage or two, there are no deep family ties evident between the Darcys of Porridgetown and their counterparts in Magheramore.

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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3(b.≤1790-1815) (b.~1815-1835) (b.> 1835)

DP 1.1 (Griffith's) (e)Roger Darcy ~1810-1886 See DP 1.1 Family Sheet

DP 1.0 (Griffith's) (c)Martin Darcy Porridgetown East<1800-~1863 Owner: Robert Martin *

Martin Darcy

Porridgetown East DP 1.2Owner: Robert Martin * (Griffith's) (j)

John Darcy (Jr?) ~1823-1905 See DP 1.2 Family SheetMary Xxxx

1817- Porridgetown East

Owner: Robert Martin *? Martin Darcy ?

DP 2.1Connor Darcy

DP 2.0 ? 1827-1887 See DP 2.2 Family Sheet(Griffith's) (d) ? Kate (Kitty) Walsh

John Darcy 1841-1921 Porridgetown East

Owner: Robert Martin *DP 3.0?

Kate Darcy? DP 2.21813-1901 Michael DarcyRoger Lee 1829-1902 See DP 2.1 Family Sheet1812-1892 Mary Lynch

Pollagh 1837-1933Garrynagry

Others? Owner: Richard Martin

Born & lived in Ireland Key Emigrated to U.S.

Emigrated to England/U.K.Name Born in U.S., moved to Ireland

Darcy/Darcy marriage2 / 11 House No./ Census Yr. (19xx)

Basic Sources:Tithe Applotment Survey (1829): http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/Griffith's Survey (1855): http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/Valuation Office Records, Censuses, Civil Records

Darcy Families of Porridgetown East

19th Century Heads of Famiies

* Cancellation Books, Porridgetown East,1858-62

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DP 1.1.1 Roger 1869-1942 m. Margaret Darcy (DM 2.3.1) in BostonPorridgetown Mary 1871Martin Darcy Michael 1873-1932 m. Mary Walsh, Dorchester, MA1832-1922- m Bridget 1875

DP 1.0 DP 1.1 Bridget Davin 1868 Kate 1878(Griffith's) ( c) (Griffith's) ( e) 1846-1878 mMartin Darcy Roger Darcy Maria Tierney 1882 Martin 1882-1954 Never married.<1800-1863 ~1810-1886 1854- Patrick 1885-1966 m. a Geoghegan

14/01 Maggie 18877/11 Mary 1888

Bridget 1889-<1911Connor 1893

Others? Julia 1894

DP 1.1.2.1 John Joseph 1895 m. Margaret MurphyDP 1.1.2 Bridget Mary 1897 m. Martin Walsh, Ogool, 1934

Porridgetown 1873-1939 m Roger 1900-1919Roger Darcy Patrick Darcy 1895 Patrick 1902

"Tailor" 1835-1890 1867- Anna Maria 1903 Mary Welby m DP 2.2.4 Michael 1906 m. Kathleen Fahy

1851-1926 1895 12/01 Julia 1912 m. Joseph Halloran, Ardnasillagh 193812/01 & 11 13/11 Bridget Magdalen 1916

Mary 1872-1950Julia 1882 Margaret 1876

12/01

?

Margaret Xxxx~1844->1911Porridgetown

Mary ~1845-<1901

Patrick Connor1821-<1915Porridgetown

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records,Residents of Porridgetown unless otherwise noted.Ancestry Family Trees

Darcy Families of Porridgetown EastDP 1.1 Roger Darcy

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DP 1.0 DP 1.2.1 1.2.1.1 Mary Ann 1900(Griffith's) ( c) DP 1.2 Porridgetown 1.2.1.2 John 1902Martin Darcy Porridgetown Martin (John) 1.2.1.3 Patrick 1904~1800-1863 John Darcy (Jr.?) 1865-1931 m 1.2.1.4 Redmond 1906

1823-1905 Julia Sullivan 1899 1.2.1.5 Kate 1908Mary Xxxx 1872- 1.2.1.6 Maggie 1911

1817- 8/01 1.2.1.7 Bridget 1912-1916 8/01 11/11 1.2.1.8 Julia 1915 m.John Welby, Knockillaree

DP 1.2.2Anna Honoria

"Workhouse Master 1858- m & Matron," 1894 Mathias Clancy 1894

Others?

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records

DP 1.2 John Darcy Darcy Families of Porridgetown East

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DP 2.1.1Mary1864-

DP 2.1.2John

1866-1879

DP 2.1.3Judy1868-

"Tailors" F: John? DP 2.1.4Porridgetown

Martin Cornelius 1900DP 2.1 1870- m James 1902

Connor Darcy Bridget Keady 1889 Mary 1905 m. Charles Coyne, Headford, 19341827-1887 1877- John 1907

Kate (Kitty) Walsh 13/01 & 11 Anna Maria 19091841-1921 Martin 1912

DP 2.1.5Kate1872-

DP 2.1.6Anne1873-

DP 2.1.7Patrick1876-

DP 2.1.8Roger

1879-1880

DP 2.1 Connor DarcyDarcy Families of Porridgetown East

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DP 2.2.1Garrynagry Michael John 1903

John Mary Josephine 19041864- m Patrick Joseph 1907

Mary Walsh 1899 Martin "Matt" 19091874- Ellen(Evelyn) 1910

DP 2.2.2 Nicholas Died in infancy Robert Lee was a witness

at both weddingsFough West, Main St., Oughterard

DP 2.2.3 Michael 1896Bridget (Delia) Stephen 1897

1865- m John 1899John Conneely 1895 Peter 1901

Took over John Darcy's 1864- Martin 1903holding in Pollagh (owned 29/11 Margaret 1905by Robert Lee), in 1860 ? Bridget (Delia) Anne 1907

Honor 1913

F: John? m John Joseph 1895 m. Margaret Murphy1852 DP 2.2.4 Mary 1897 m. Martin Walsh, Ogool, 1934

Patrick Roger 1900DP 2.2 1866- m Patrick 1902

Garrynagry Bridget 1895 Anna Maria 1903Michael Darcy 1873-1939 Michael 1906 m. Kathleen Fahy

1829-1902 DP 1.1.2.1 Julia 1912 m. Joseph Halloran, Ardnasillagh 1938Mary Lynch Bridget Magdalen 19161838-1937?

2/01 DP 2.2.5 Fahy7/11 Elizabeth John 1898-1972

1870- m Francis 1898Robert Ryan 1895 Michael F. 1899-1967

Thomas Henry 1900-1984 Mary Veronica 1903-1950

DP 2.2.6"Workhouse Master, Isadore Cregg

Oughterard" 1872-1955 m Angela Mary 1902Frances Meade 1900 Cyril Michael 1903

Rosalie Mary 1904 N. Dublin Isadore Patrick 1906

Francis Maurice 1907DP 2.2.7

Anna Maria ?

DP 2.2.8 Glennagevlagh (Letterbrickaun)Mary T Mary Elizabeth 19051877- m John William 1907

Stephen Kerrigan 1904 Michael Patrick 19081871- Ellen 1909

2/11 Sarah Anne 1910"Postman" Bridget 1910-1911

DP 2.2.9Garrynagry

Kate Never married1880-1966

DP 2.2.10 BillymoreMargaret

1882- Patrick 1911Hugh Walsh Delia 1915

1883-2/11

Elizabeth Anne 1912

Darcy Families of Porridgetown EastDP 2.2 Michael Darcy

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The D’Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

Magheramore is located in both the Civil and Catholic Parishes of Kilcummin. Its Parish Register offers a scattering of clues because the priests there began recording baptisms and marriages - perhaps surreptitiously - in 1809. 21

The Tithe Applotment Survey of 1828 reports that Stephen, Michael, and Tom D’Arcy lived in a section of Magheramore referenced as “The Arthur French St. George Estates;” while James Darcy lived in another part of the townland. 22 This suggests the three were either brothers or close cousins, and James a more distant relative. (DM 2.0 Michael’s son James (DM 2.4) was too young to be listed in this 1829 survey.)

Nothing is known at present about what became of James Darcy (DM 4.0), but it’s possible that this could be the same person as DM 2.4, another son of Michael D’Arcy and Mary Haughigan. It’s also possible that he relocated to Moycullen, where both a James Darcy and Margaret Darcy are listed in Griffith’s.

Griffith’s Survey of 1855 lists fifteen occupiers in Magheramore, including six D’Arcys. 23 Property owner was a retired British military man of Scots descent, named John Doig. [Other family names in the neighborhood included Moloney, Faherty, Gavan, Rutledge, Welby, Gibbons, and Logan (3).] The townland held about 907 acres, about two-thirds of which was cultivated. Soil quality in Magheramore was also 3rd class, averaging 2s. 3d., probably higher in peat content and well below the quality in Porridgetown. Plot sizes varied from 5 to 13 acres; the D’Arcy holdings averaged about seven acres each, with a soil value of 1s. 5d.24 Raising enough crops to feed their families was much tougher than closer to the lake in Porridgetown, so the families in Magheramore must have endured a more difficult way of life.

Three of the six D’Arcys in Magheramore are clearly identified by agnomen as the sons of Michael (DM 2.0); while Stephen was the son of Tom (DM 3.0). Whoever was Anthony Darcy’s father wasn’t recorded, but he’s arbitrarily shown here by dotted line as another of Tom’s sons because Anthony and Stephen’s birth dates are close enough to have been brothers.

That said, we really can’t be confident about any of these birth dates, so it’s entirely possible that the Michael D’Arcy (DM 1.1) at the top of Column 2 could be the same person as Michael D’Arcy (DM 2.0) in Column 1, particularly if the latter had married young and, following tradition, named his first son (assumed to be Stephen (DM 2.1)) after his own father (DM 1.0).

21 Online at: https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0627 22 Online at: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/23 Online at: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ 24 The meaning of Value in Griffith’s Valuations, by John Schnelle, www.tiara.ie/TIARANewsletter/TIARANewsletterJune2019.pdf, and http://www.askaboutireland.ie/enfo/irelands-environment/biodiversity/definitions/soils-in-ireland/

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Information about John Darcy (DM 5.1), son of Michael Darcy and Winny Sullivan,25 is contradictory and incomplete. It’s possible that John was born in Magheramore but moved to Moycullen around 1860 after he married. He may have remained in that area and his descendants may have intermarried with Darcys from Porridgetown.

As mentioned earlier, apart from an early 20th century younger-generation marriage or two, and with the possible exception of John’s descendants in the paragraph above, there are no deep family ties evident between the D’Arcys of Magheramore and their counterparts in Porridgetown.

Note: Ellen D’Arcy, DM 2.5, the daughter of Michael D’Arcy, DM 2.0, is the author’s paternal great-great-grandmother.

25 Oughterard Parish Register, online at: https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0627

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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3(b.≤1790-1815) (b.~1810-1835) (b.>1830)

(Tithe Appl Survey) DM 1.0 DM 1.1

Stephen D'Arcy Michael D'ArcyMary (Welby?) 1810- Unknown

A.F. St.George Est.

Magheramore

DM 2.1(Griffith's)

Stephen D'Arcy (Michl)1814 - 1871 See DM 2.1 Family Sheets

Catherine Clancy

(Tithe Appl Survey) MagheramoreDM 2.0

Michael D'Arcy DM 2.2Mary Haughigan (Griffith's)

A.F. St.George Est. Thomas D'Arcy (Michl)1829- See DM 2.2 Family Sheets

Magheramore

DM 2.3(Griffith's)

Andrew D'Arcy (Michl)~1824- See DM 2.3 Family Sheets

Magheramore

DM 3.1(Griffith's)

Anthony D'ArcyDM 3.0 1823-1909 See DM 3.1 Family Sheets

(Tithe Appl Survey) ? Bridget GavinThomas D'Arcy 1852 - >1901Ellen Sullivan? Magheramore

A.F. St.George Est.DM 3.2

(Griffith's)Stephen D'Arcy (Tom)

1831 - 1889 See DM 3.2 Family SheetsMargaret Sullivan

1830 - 1887Magheramore

(Tithe Appl Survey)DM 4.0 (or DM 2.4)

James Darcy Unknown UnknownMargaret KellyMagheramore

? DM 5.1DM 5.0 (Griffith's)

Michael Darcy John DarcyWinny Sullivan UnknownMagheramore

Magheramore

Color Key Born & lived in Ireland(used throughout): Emigrated to U.S.

Emigrated to England/U.K.Darcy/Darcy marriage

Basic Sources:Tithe Applotment Survey (1829): http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/Griffith's Survey (1855): http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/Kilcummin Parish Register: https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634174#page/3/mode/1upIrish Civil Records: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

19th Century Heads of FamiliesD'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

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DM 2.1(Griffith's)

Stephen D'Arcy Bapt.Sp: John Melia, Maureen Noone1814 - 1871 Seven children, 1852-1872

Catherine Clancy (See Chart DM 2.1)

DM 2.2(Griffith's)

DM 2.0 Thomas D'Arcy Michael D'Arcy (See Chart DM 2.2)

~1800 - Mary Haughigan

1803 - 1880 DM 2.3 (Griffith's)

Andrew D'Arcy (See Chart DM 2.3)

DM 2.4James Darcy

1819 - Margaret Kelly?

DM 2.5Ellen D'Arcy Bapt.Sp: John Walsh, Mary Nuell1821-1901 m Marriage Wit: Tom Newell, Maria GavinJohn Logan 1840 Eleven-plus children, 1841-185918XX-1905 (Daughter Margaret married John Connor)

Note: Valuation Office Records also suggest the father of Stephen, Thomas & Andrew was a man named Michael.Residents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

DM 2.0 Michael D'Arcy

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Faugh WestDM 2.1.1 Kate 1879Michael Patrick 18801852 - Mary 1881

Mary Sullivan m Michael 18831859-1886 1878 John1884

Kate Molloney m Stephen 18851863-1908 1886

Andrew 1887Bridget 1889Honoria 1890-1894James 1893

DM 2.0 Mathias 1894Michael D'Arcy Ellen 1896Mary Haughigan Martin 1900

DM 2.1.2 Anne 1902 Patrick Julia 1905 m. Michael Mogan, Ardnasillagh

D ? 1853 - ?Unknown - from Mary (Darcy ?) Kitty 1876Porridgetown?

Patrick 1880 Mary 1885

Mallie 1886DM 2.1.3 Michael 1888 To Boston

DM 2.1 Mary Bridget 1889(Griffith's) 1856-1940 m Delia 1890 - 1916

Stephen D'Arcy (Michael) Stephen Darcy 1878 Andrew 18911817 - 1880 m. 1851-1922 Stephen Joseph 1894 To Boston m. Catherine

Catherine Clancy 1850 DM 2.3.2 Kate m. Patrick ConnollyJohn 1898

DM 2.1.4 Thomas Joseph 1900 To Boston Mathias

1857- ? m Andrew 1876Mary Darcy 1886 Stephen 1886

1868- ? DM 2.2.1 DM 2.2.1.1

Michael Darcy Margaret O'Donnell DM 2.1.5 Stephen Michael 1897- m. Gertrude New - Stephen 1928 India/U.K.

Catherine Michael 19021864 - m William 1905

Michael O'Connor 1895 Nicholas 1908 Patrick Joseph 1910

Burnthouse Emigrated to Boston 1892, married there. (Newton)

DM 2.1.6 Jeremiah 1896Bridget Mary Mary E 18971872-1947 m Stephen 1899

Jeremiah Buckley 1895 Katherine 19001868-1917 Daniel 1902

Louise 1904Irene 1906George Leo 1907-1957Cecilia 1909Josephine 1910

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records,Ancestry Message Board Posts: D'Arcy and Halloran, Porridgetown, Co. Galway Thread:Residents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

DM 2.1 Stephen D'Arcy (Michael)

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Mary 1868 m. Mathias Darcy DM 2.1.4 ?DM 2.2.1 Thomas 1870 m. Ellen Logan, 1912Michael Patrick 1879

1839 - >1886 m Bridget Margaret O'Donnell 1867 Edmond (Ned) 1882-1964 m. Mae Darcy 1914 (DM 3.1.4 family)

1844 -1915 Kate 1885Willie 1887

DM 2.2.2 Maggie 1890 m. Hugh Walsh, BillamoreDM 2.0 Honor

Michael D'Arcy 1841- m Mary Haughigan Edward Finnegan 1866

1840-DM 2.2

(Griffiths) DM 2.2.3Thomas D'Arcy (Michael) Bridget

1811- 1893 1847- m Patrick Hohegan 1868

1848-Patrick 1872Mary 1874

DM 2.2.4 Bridget 1877Patrick Nannie (?) 18791848 - m Honor

Kate Corcoran 1871 Kate 18841853 - > 1911 Maggie 1886

Thomas 1888 Michael 1890Martin 1893John 1896

DM 2.2.5Thomas

m ? 1887

Bridget McGauly

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records,Residents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

DM 2.2 Thomas D'Arcy (Michael)

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Andrew 1871Patrick 1876 m. Nora Sheehan, Boston (Roxbury)

Mary 1877 m Nicholas Egan, 1899 DM 2.3.1 Margaret 1881 To Boston m. Rodger Darcy (Roxbury)Michael Bridget 18831844 - ? Honor (Norah) 1885

DM 2.0 Bridget King John 1886 Michael D'Arcy 185x-1895 Stephen 1888

Mary Haughigan Ellen 1889-1906Michael 1892Catherine 1894

DM 2.3 DM 2.3.2(Griffiths) Stephen Patrick 1880

Andrew D'Arcy (Michael) 1851-1922 Mary 18851815 - m Mary Darcy Mallie 1886

* 1856-1940 Michael 1888 To Boston DM 2.1.3 Bridget 1889

Delia 1890 - 1916Andrew 1891Stephen Joseph 1894 To Boston m. CatherineKate m. Patrick ConnollyJohn 1898Thomas Joseph 1900 To Boston

DM 2.3.3 MagherabegPatrick Patrick 1879

18xx - <1929 Mary 1880 ?Julia Mulkerrins Michael 1884?

1854-1929 Stephen 1889Julia?

Anne

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil RecordsResidents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

*Note: An Andrew Darcy married Margaret Lee on 6 Sept 1846; witnesses Stephen Darcy, Mary DarcyMargaret Lee could have been the wife of Andrew (DM 2.3)

DM 2.3 Andrew D'Arcy (Michael)D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

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DM 3.1.1 Newton, MAThomas Thomas 1884-1937

1855- m Mary 1892Bridget (Bridie) Ford 1880 Andrew 1888 m. Alice Hutton, Mary McEvilly (Cloonmore)

1859-

Anthony Patrick 1898 m. Mary ClancyMichael J. 1899-1977 m. Margaret MoranMary Bridget 1900-1990 m. James Clancy, 1920Thomas Francis 1901-1903

DM 3.1.2 Ann 1902 (Sister Jane/Anne) Patrick

1857-1951 m. Stephen Joseph 1906-1978 m. Mary FeeneyCatherine Kineavy 1897 Patrick 1907-1908

1877-1946 Martin Joseph 1909-2003 m. Margaret McDonagh, 1945Julia 1915-1981 m. Michael O'Connor, 1941Thomas 1918-1968 To Boston, 1928

DM 3.0 Margaret 1921- m. Martin McGrathThomas D'Arcy Ellen Sullivan? Cloonmore

DM 3.1.3 James 1889-1918Bridget (Delia) Bridget 1892

1870- m. Patrick 1893James McEvilly 1889 Thomas 1895-1896

DM 3.1 1863-1943 John 1897-1901(Griffith's) Michael 1901

Anthony D'Arcy Mary 1906 To Boston 1825 -1909 m

Bridget Gavin 1865 Stephen Joseph (Sonny) 1893 To Boston m. Theresa Whalen (Brighton)1832 - >1901 DM 3.1.4 Mary (Mae) 1896-1992 m. Ned Darcy, son of Michael Darcy, D 2.2.1

Katherine John Joe 1895 m. Nora McMahon To Boston (Tiernans) 1864- m. Thomas 1896- m. Elizabeth McGonagle (Brighton)

DM 3.2 Andrew D'Arcy 1892 Kate Ann 1898- m. Dr. WallaceStephen D'Arcy 1864-1910 Delia ~1900-1980 m. Nicholas Faherty

Margaret Sullivan DM 3.2.7 Michael Patrick 1903-1986 m. Kathleen Lee (dtr of Robert Lee, Esker), (W. Rox.)Anthony G. 1909

EighterardMary

DM 3.1.5 Bridget 1904 Mary James 1901

1868- m PatrickJames McQuinn 1897 Stephen

Anthony Joseph 1906Thomas Francis 1908Catherine Christina 1911

Stephen Joseph 1900- m. Mary Howard, 1927DM 3.1.6 Patrick John 1901- m. Annie V. Walsh, 1932 (To USA 1926)Andrew Anthony Michael 1902-1979 m. Mary Brennan, 1936 (To USA 1926)

1869-1931 Mary Anne 1904- m. Thomas Mulligan, 1938 (To USA 1925)Catherine Barrett m Catherine "Katie" 1906-1959 m. Charles McCollum, 1942 (To USA 1925)

1872- 1899 Peter Benedict 1908-1987 m. Mary Murphy, 1940 (To USA)Cloonmore Delia 1910-1996 m. Michael Dolan, 1943 (Philadelphia)

Francis 1911- m. Molly Browne, 1937John 1913-Edmond 1915-Teresa 1917- m. Michael Darcy, 1935

DM 3.1.7 Imelda 1919-2011 m. Michael Burke, 1950Stephen

(AKA Brother Michael, OSF)1870-

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records,Residents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

DM 3.1 Anthony D'Arcy

Catherine (Kate) 1905- (Sister Johanna) To U.S. - died in PA

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Staffordshire, UK DM 3.2.1 Stephen 1881 Newcastle-under-Lyme

John (Thomas) Margaret 1883 Chesterton1853 -1922 m. Bridget 1885 Chesterton

Anne Gerrity 1878 Mary A. 1887 Chesterton1859 - Catherine 1889 Newcastle-under-Lyme

Thomas 1890 Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire, UK DM 3.2.2 John 1879-1972 Newcastle-under-LymeStephen Thomas 1880 Chesterton

1854 - 1923 m. Margaret 1882-1921 ChestertonMary Shaughnessy 1876 Stephen 1883-1968 Chesterton

1857-1935 Mary Ann 1884 ChestertonDM 3.0 Martin 1887 Hanley

Thomas D'Arcy DM 3.2.3 Bernard 1888 HanleyEllen Sullivan? Barbara Francis (Frank) 1892-1976 Hanley

1857 - ?

Newton, MADM 3.2.4 John 1887

DM 3.2 Martin Thomas 1891(Griffith's) 1858 -1925 m Mary 1893

Stephen D'Arcy (Tom) Bridget Lydon 1885 Martin 18941833 - 1889 m. 1861- Annie 1896

Margaret "Peggy" Sullivan 1851 Timothy 18981835-1887 DM 3.2.5

Catherine1859 - ?

Staffordshire, UKDM 3.2.6 Stephen 1889 ?Redmond Martin 1891 ?1864 - ? Patrick M.

Mary Moloney ? Thomas 1900 Edmond 1903

Stephen Joseph (Sonny) 1893-1980 To Boston m. Theresa Whalen (Brighton)DM 3.2.7 Mary (Mae) 1896-1992 m. Ned Darcy, son of Michael Darcy, D 2.2.1Andrew John Joe 1895 m. Nora McMahon To Boston (Tiernans)

D 3.1 1864-1910 m Thomas 1896-1981 m. Elizabeth McGonagle (Brighton)Anthony D'Arcy Katherine Darcy 1892 Kate Ann 1898- m. Dr. WallaceBridget Gavin 1864-1935 Delia ~1900-1980 m. Nicholas Faherty

DM 3.1.4 Michael Patrick 1903-1986 m. Kathleen Lee (dtr of Robert Lee, Esker), (W. Rox.)Anthony G. 1909

Galway & Dublin John L. 1888 - 1933 Stephen 1890 - 1896

Martin 1891DM 3.2.8 James Joseph 1893 - 1896Honor Redmond 1895-1977

1868-1931 m Mary 1897James Sullivan 1887 Delia Bridget 1898 - 1966

1871 - 1941 Patrick Thomas 1900Peter 1901 - 1917William 1903Michael Joseph 1905 - 1986Edmond (Sonny) 1906Margaret (Cis) 1908 - 1986

DM 3.2.9Bridget Oughterard

1870-1939 Nora to Boston, m. Michael Joyce, returned John Conneely Martin 1903

Delia Ann 1907Honor 1913

Sources: Valuation Office Records, Parish Register, Censuses, Civil Records,Ancestry Message Board Posts: D'Arcy and Halloran, Porridgetown, Co. Galway Thread:Ancestry Family TreesResidents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

DM 3.2 Stephen D'Arcy (Tom)

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DM 5.1 Bridie 18XX-1957Patrick Annie 18XX -

1863 -1959 m. John Joseph 1895-1971 to Boston 1920 m. Margaret Murray (Newton) Unknown - from Bridget Darcy 1894 Mary 1897-1997 m. Martin Walsh (Moycullen)Porridgetown? 1875 - 1939 Roger 1900-1919

Michael B. 1906-1976 to Boston 1920s (Waltham) m. Kathleen Fahey (Waltham)Julia, 1916-1981 m. Joseph Halloran, 1938 (Porridgetown)

DM 5.2Patrick Darcy? Michael

1866 -

DM 5.0 DM 5.3(Griffith's) John

Magheramore 1868-John Darcy1838-1915 DM 5.4

Mary O'Sullivan Mary1846 - 1921 1870 - <1873

DM 5.5xx O'Sullivan Mary

xx Joyce 1873 - DM 5.6

Margaret1874

DM 5.7 Mary Ellen

1876 -

DM 5.8Andrew Mary Jane 1915-1955 m. John Audley

1879 -1959 John 1917-1986Bridget Casey William 1920-1920

1887-1964 Gerard 1924-1928Michael B. 1928-1987

Sources: FamilySearch.orgAncestry Message Board Posts: D'Arcy and Halloran, Porridgetown, Co. Galway Thread:Ancestry Family TreesResidents of Magheramore, unless otherwise noted.

D'Arcy/Darcy Families of Magheramore

DM 5.0 John Darcy

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