Darley School Cootehill ........

The Darley National School will celebrate its 150th anniversary over the first weekend in June, that is 5 June to the 7 June. The school is steeped in history having initially being founded and financed by a wealthy philanthrophist clergyman named John Richard Darley, whom subsequently became Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. I have been asked to give a short talk on the schools history and it was with great pleasure that I accepted this invitation. Rev. Darley has facinated me for many years and I felt that his life story had been lost to the mists of time. With painstaking research I have managed to discover much about him. Readers interested in Bishop Darley can read the fruit of this research in the forthcoming Breifne Journal, available in city library's around the globe; otherwise it is possible to purchase the journal direct from Cavan Genealogy Centre, located in the Johnston Central Library, and Farnham Centre buildings in Cavan, Ireland. I know that the Darley School's celebrations will be terrific and I wish them every success on this their 150th anniversary. ( -I'm certain that John Richard Darley would have been pleased............). The Cootehill Heritage Walking Trail, as researched and compiled by the Historian Mr. Patrick Cassidy, mentions the site of the old Darley School, see: http://www.cootehilltourism.com/html/things.htm