Estate: D'Arcy (Newforest)

Associated Families

• D'Arcy (Newforest)
• Cheevers (Killian)
• D'Arcy (Wellfort)
• D'Arcy (Clonrush)
• Kelly (Fiddaun)
• O'Brien (Inchiquin Castle) (Baron Inchiquin, Earl of Inchiquin, Marquess of Thomond)

Description

This branch of the D'Arcy family were descended from Martin D'Arcy second son of James 'Riveagh' D'Arcy and were settled at Rockvale on the northern border of county Clare from the late 17th century. The Newforest estate, parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, was in the shared ownership of this branch of the D'Arcy family and the D'Arcys of Kiltullagh and Clifden from the 17th century. In 1754 the estate was officially divided between the 2 branches. The D'Arcys of Clifden sold their part of the estate in 1850 to Thomas Eyre. Richard D'Arcy built a house on the Newforest estate soon after the division of the land and the Newforest estate remained in the possession of the D'Arcy family into the 20th century. He also built a house at Rockvale on his county Clare estate in the parish of Kilkeedy, barony of Inchiquin. He purchased 2,782 acres in that parish from the sale of the estate of the Marquis of Thomond in 1857. The Newforest estate was expanded with the purchase of the Fiddane estate of the Kellys in the 19th century, which McCarthy writes amounted to over 7,000 acres. In 1844 the D'Arcys also inherited the Fisherhill estate of their cousins the Blakes. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the D'Arcys had lands in county Mayo in the parishes of Kilconduff and Killasser, barony of Gallen and in the parish of Breaghwy, barony of Carra. Over 1100 acres of the D'Arcy estate in county Mayo was sold to the Congested Districts' Board on 28 July 1903 and 4395 acres was vested in the Board in March 1915. In the mid 19th century the Newforest estate was divided between 2 brothers James and Martin D'Arcy. Martin D'Arcy and his descendants lived at Wellfort, previously part of the Kelly estate. In the 1870s Hyacinth D'Arcy of Newforest owned 4,434 acres in county Galway, 3,871 acres in county Mayo and 3,129 acres in county Clare. The Newforest estate was divided among the tenants in the early 20th century but the D'Arcy family retained the home farm until the 1950s when it was bought by the Land Commission and the house demolished.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Fisherhill (H343) Occupied by Major Blake in the early 19th century. Fisherhill and the lands of Carheens, were leased by Richard D'Arcy of New Forest, county Galway to Edward Cheevers of Killyan, county Galway on 23 Mar 1858. In 1879 Robert Ireland advertised for sale his interest in Cheevers lease. A. C. Larminie lived here in the late 19th century. Now the home of the McGreal family.	Carrownurlaur	Breaghwy	Castlebar	Breaghwy 63	Carra	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 53.84934 -9.24764 OSI Ref: M179 896 Discovery map #31. OS Sheet #79.
Newforest (H835) Built prior to 1777, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. D'Arcy in 1786. It was held in fee by Richard D'Arcy at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £24. It was demolished in the latter half of the 20th century.	Newforest	Kilkerrin	Glennamaddy	Curraghmore 75	Tiaquin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.54216 -8.48124 OSI Ref: M681 548 Discovery map #39. OS Sheet #32.
Rockvale (H1709) Originally a D'Arcy home, built in the 1780s. Rockvale was the home of J. D'Arcy in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by John Mullins and valued at £7. 10 shillings. Mullins was leasing from the Marquess of Thomond.	Rockvale	Kilkeedy	Corrofin	Boston 13	Inchiquin	Clare	Lat/Lon: 53.03368 -8.91685 OSI Ref: R385 985 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #11.

Archival sources

• James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway: Kelly and D'Arcy Papers. LE15
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ireland, 21 June 1879, Vol 136, MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), D'Arcy, 20 Apr 1850, Vol 1, MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Estate rental, 1876. Acc. 4167
• National Library of Ireland: Estate records of Denis J. Kirwan and Sons, land agents, Tuam, mid 19th - mid 20th centuries, including account book of rents received, 1909-1921. Acc. No. 5124
• Private Possession: D'Arcy Papers, contact Gerard McCarthy, Kilkerrin

Contemporary printed sources

• DUTTON, Hely. Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 413
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 17 (Newforest) & Castlebar Union, 59 (Fisherhill)
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878: 115
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 307 (Newforest)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 223 (Fisherhill) & II, 116 (Newforest)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol II, 181 (Fisherhill)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 136
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 317 (Newforest)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 244
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 54
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 295 & 308
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 80 (Newforest)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 127 (New-Forest)

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: BLAKE, Martin J. Count Patrick D'Arcy with tabular pedigrees of the D'Arcy family. X (1917-1918), 58-66
• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: REDINGTON, M. Count Patrick D’Arcy, an eminent Galwayman of the 18th century. With tabular pedigrees of the D’Arcy family. X (1917-1918), 58-66
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 134
• KILKERRIN HERITAGE GROUP. A Place of Genius and Gentility, Insights into our Past, Kilkerrin, Co Galway: Historical Essays on a North Galway Parish. Oidhreacht Chill Choirín, 2006: MCCARTHY, Gerard. The D'Arcys of New Forest. 123-144
• PINE, L.G. (ed). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 211-212.
• REID, Austin. The tenant farmer in the social and political life of Clare, 1849-1885. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of History, University College, Galway, 1976: 202-205
• RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
• WEIR, Hugh W. L. Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 231

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