William Darcy

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Who is William Darcy?

Sir William Darcy was a leading Anglo-Irish statesman of the Pale in the early sixteenth century; for many years he held the office of Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. He wrote the influential treatise The Decay of Ireland, for which he has been called "the father of the movement for political reformation in Ireland".

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on July 23, 2013

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