Denis Daly

Denis Daly, was an Irish landowner, Judge and Privy Councillor. Early life Daly was a son of James Daly of Carrownakelly, County Galway, and Anastase Darcy of Kiltullagh. Anastase was a niece (or grand-niece) of the leading Roman Catholic barrister Patrick D'Arcy, with whom Daly began his career as D'Arcy's clerk. His great-grandfather, Dermot O Daly (died 1614), was a Gaelic-Irish supporter of the Earl of Clanricarde. The family had risen from utter obscurity in the mid-16th century to become powerful landlords by the 1640s. Denis Daly was a member of the Carrownekelly (modern-day Carnakelly, Athenry) branch. The family were supporters of the Stuart dynasty and remained Roman Catholic until the early eighteenth century.