John Richard Darley (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity", [1] was a 19th-century Irish Anglican bishop. [2]
Born in County Monaghan and educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College, Dublin, [3] he was later Headmaster of his old school. [4] Ordained in 1826 he was the Rector of Drumgoon and Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the episcopate [5] as the 6th bishop 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. [6]
John Richard Darley (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity", [1] was a 19th-century Irish Anglican bishop. [2]
Born in County Monaghan and educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College, Dublin, [3] he was later Headmaster of his old school. [4] Ordained in 1826 he was the Rector of Drumgoon and Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the episcopate [5] as the 6th bishop 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. [6]