D'Arcy of Dunmoe

THE D'ARCY-IRVINES OWNED 6,187 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY FERMANAGH

NORMAN DE ARECI, who held thirty-three Lordships in Lincolnshire at the date of the Domesday Book, was a benefactor of St Mary's Abbey, York. His son, ROBERT D'ARCY, of Nocton, Lincolnshire, was founder of the Priory there.

JOHN D'ARCY, 1ST BARON D'ARCY DE KNAYTH (c1290-1347), governed Ireland as Judiciar, 1323-7, 1328-31, and 1332-37.

He fought against Scotland on many occasions, with distinction especially at the battle of Halidon Hill (1333).

He was Constable of the Tower of London during the preparations for the war with France (1346), and was one of the principal bannerets at Crećy, flying the banner of the D'Arcys of Nocton.

He left the siege of Calais to take charge of David Bruce, King of Scots.

John D'Arcy married firstly, Emmeline, daughter and heir of Walter Heron, and by her had issue,

JOHN, whose heirs have been Barons D'Arcy de Knayth.

He wedded secondly, in 1329, Joan, widow of Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, daughter of Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, by whom he had further issue (with three sons, who all dsp),

WILLIAM, of whom we treat;

Elizabeth, m James Butler, Earl of Ormonde.

Lord D'Arcy's son,

SIR WILLIAM D'ARCY, was present at Crećy, and was the founder of the house of D'ARCY OF PLATTEN, County Meath.

He inherited lands granted by EDWARD III to his father and mother and to their heirs male for the good services rendered by his father to EDWARD II.

Hyde Park, County Westmeath, is a part of the land comprised in the grant.

He was born at Maynooth, 1330; espoused Catherine, daughter of Robert FitzGerald, of Allen, County Kildare, and had issue,

SIR JOHN D'ARCY, of Platten, a minor and heir to his grandmother in the Manor of Martyr, County Kildare, 1362.

He was Sheriff of Meath, 1404 and 1415, and married Jane Pettit, by whom he had issue,

WILLIAM D'ARCY, of Platten, who wedded Anne Barnewall, of Crickstown, County Westmeath, and by her had issue,

JOHN D'ARCY, of Platten, who espoused Margaret Fleming, daughter of Lord Slane, by whom he had issue,

WILLIAM, of whom presently;

Nicholas.

The elder son,

SIR WILLIAM D'ARCY, of Platten, who was living in 1477, married Isabel (or Elizabeth), daughter of Christopher Plunkett, of Killeen, and had issue,

SIR WILLIAM D'ARCY, of Platten, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, seized of the manors of Rathwire and Lynn, County Westmeath; who wedded Margaret, daughter of Nicholas St Lawrence, Baron Howth, and died in 1540, having had issue,

GEORGE D'ARCY, of Platten, who married Jane, daughter and heir of Tuite McRiccard , of Sonna, and had issue,

William, of Platten;

THOMAS, of whom we treat.

The younger son,

THOMAS D'ARCY, of Dunmoe, Navan, County Meath, wedded Margaret, daughter of Richard Kiltole, and was father of JOHN D'ARCY, of Dunmoe, whose son and heir, WILLIAM D'ARCY, of Dunmoe, espoused Margaret Brandon, niece of Thomas Brandon, of Dundalk, THOMAS D'ARCY, of Dunmoe, aged 28 in 1630.

This Thomas D'Arcy's lineal descendant,

JOHN D'ARCY, of Dunmoe, married, in 1727, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Judge, of Grange Beg, County Westmeath, and had issue,

JUDGE, of whom we treat;

James, of Hyde Park; great-grandfather of Most Rev C D'Arcy;

The elder son,

JUDGE D'ARCY, of Dunmoe and Grange Beg, died in 1766, leaving by Elizabeth Nugent his wife, an only daughter and heiress,

D'Arcy arms at Necarne Castle, Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh

ELIZA or ELIZABETH, who married, in 1788, Major Gorges Marcus Irvine, of Castle Irvine, County Fermanagh, by whom she had issue, five sons and five daughters.