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Line 2: '''Hugh Darley''' (1701-1771) was an 18th century Irish architect and stonecutter. The son of Henry Darley, a stonecutter and quarry owner of [[Newtownards]], [[County Down]], he had moved to [[Dublin]] by 1725 where he is recorded as working on buildings at [[Bachelors Walk, Dublin\|Bachelor's Walk]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Hugh Darley \|url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/1384/DARLEY-HUGH%2A \|website=www.dia.ie \|access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref> He is also recorded as working at various times in counties [[Westmeath]], [[Antrim]], [[Down]] and [[Louth]]. His immediate family included brothers Moses and Arthur Darley who were also both involved in the building trade while his ~~grandson~~great grand nephew was the arhcitect [[Frederick Darley (architect)\|Frederick Darley]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Darley Collection \|url=https://www.ria.ie/collections/prints-drawings-and-artefacts/darley-collection/ \|website=Royal Irish Academy \|access-date=28 August 2024 \|language=en \|date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Over the course of two centuries, the extended Darley family were particularly heavily involved in the provision of stone and building services to [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=CRAFTVALUE masons \|url=https://craftvalue.org/masons/ \|website=CRAFTVALUE \|access-date=28 August 2024 \|date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mahaffy \|first1=J. P. \|title=NOTES ON THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF TRINITY COLLEGE. Who built the West Front of Trinity College? \|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23037017 \|website=Hermathena \|access-date=28 August 2024 \|pages=11–18 \|date=1910}}</ref> He appears to have owned the quarries at [[Ardbraccan]] (limestone) for a period as well as at Golden Hill (granite) near the village of [[Kilbride, County Wicklow]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Hugh Darley (1701-1771) @ Architecture @ Archiseek.com \|url=https://www.archiseek.com/tag/hugh-darley/ \|access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref>

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