John Richard Darley (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity",The Times, 22 January 1884; p. 6. "Obituary John Richard Darley" was a 19th-century Irish Anglican bishop."Darley, John Richard (1799–1884)'", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Blacker, B.H (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004)
Born in County Monaghan and educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College Dublin,"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p211: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 he was later Headmaster of his old school.Genealogical web site Ordained in 1826 he was the Rector of Drumgoon and Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the episcopateIRELAND. Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper(London, England), Sunday, 27 September 1874; Issue 1662 as the 6th bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He married in 1851 Hon. Anna Plunket, the eldest daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. In 1859, Darley both built and financed the running of a school at Cootehill, County Cavan. Today, this school is known as the Darley National School.Jonathan A. Smyth, 'John Richard Darley (1799-1884), Bishop, Scholar & Philanthropist', Breifne, vol.xi, no.44. (2008)
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