
John Richard Darley (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity", was a 19th-century
Irish Anglican
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bishop
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.
Born in
County Monaghan
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and educated at the
Royal School Dungannon
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and
Trinity College, Dublin
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, he was later
Headmaster
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Role
While s ...
of his
old school
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. Ordained in 1826 he was the
Rector of Drumgoon and
Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the
episcopate
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as the 6th
bishop
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of the
United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. In 1859, Darley both built and financed the running of a school at Cootehill, Co. 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)]
References
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1799 births
Christian clergy from County Monaghan
People educated at the Royal School Dungannon
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Archdeacons of Ardagh
19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
1884 deaths