Tony D'Arcy
Tony D'Arcy was an Irish Republican Hunger-striker, died April 1940.
D'Arcy was from Galway and a member of the I.R.A. during the 1930s. He was arrested and imprisoned during The Emergency. D'Arcy was sentenced to three months for refusing to account for his movements and for not giving his name and address when arrested. He went on hunger strike with 5 other men in an attempt to achieve political prisoner status for Nicky Doherty of County Meath who was lodged in the prisoner section of Mountjoy jail. Tony D'Arcy and Seán McNeela of Ballycroy Co.Mayo both died on hunger strike in St.Bricins military hospital in Arbour Hill prison. An undertaker by profession, his body was carried in his own hearse, driven by neighbour Joe Glynn of Headford. He was buried at Donaghpatrick, Headford, County Galway.
