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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=March 2021}}
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|name =Declan Darcy
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|code=Football
|county=Dublin
|province=Connacht
|clposition=Half Back
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|clubs=[[Aughawillan GAA|Aughawillan]]<br />[[Clanna Gael Fontenoy]]
|counties=[[Leitrim county football team|Leitrim]]<br /> [[Dublin county football team|Dublin]]
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|icyears= 1988–1998<br />1998–2001
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|icprovince=2 (1 under 21)
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|birth_place=[[County Dublin]], [[Ireland]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20090812112921/http://www.tribune.ie/sport/gaelic-football/article/2008/nov/16/one-on-one-declan-darcy-former-leitrum-and-dublin-/ One On One – Declan Darcy, Former Leitrim and Dublin Footballer], ''Sunday Tribune''</ref>
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'''Declan Darcy''' (Irish: ''Déaglán Ó Dorchaí'') is a former [[Gaelic football]]er who played for the [[Leitrim county football team|Leitrim]] and [[Dublin county football team|Dublin]] county teams. He captained Leitrim to the [[1994 Connacht Senior Football Championship]], he also won a [[Connacht Under-21 Football Championship]] in 1991. He won [[Leitrim Senior Football Championship]] titles in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 with Aughawillian and also played with St. Brigids GAA Club in Dublin. He won a Dublin Senior Club Championship and Leinster Senior Club Championship with St. Brigids in 2003.  

He served as a selector of the Dublin under-21 football team for the 2009 championship season. Darcy also helped manage [[St Brigid's GAA (Dublin)|St Brigid's]] minor team, alongside [[Gerry McEntee]], Liam Plunkett and Mick Clerkin, to Minor 'A' Championship glory in 2008, winning both Dublin and Leinster titles. He worked alongside Shane O'Hanlon and [[Jim Brogan (Gaelic footballer)|Jim Brogan]]. 

He was a selector with [[Jim Gavin (footballer)|Jim Gavin]], who guided Dublin to the [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final]] after defeating [[Kerry county football team|Kerry]] in the semi-final by 3–18 to 3–11.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2013/0901/471528-live-dublin-v-kerry/|title= As it happened: Dublin beat Kerry|date=1 September 2013|work=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=3 September 2013}}</ref>
Dublin went on to win the final on 22 September, defeating [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]] by 2–12 to 1–14.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/incoming/dublin-2-12-mayo-1-14-bernard-2294868 |title=Bernard Brogan's brace seals Sam for Dubs but it's agony for Mayo yet again in Corker |date=24 September 2013 |work=Irish Mirror |accessdate=24 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927212131/http://www.irishmirror.ie/incoming/dublin-2-12-mayo-1-14-bernard-2294868 |archivedate=27 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thescore.ie/mayo-dublin-all-ireland-football-final-2013-1095215-Sep2013/ |title=Dublin win 2013 All-Ireland football final |date=23 September 2013 |work=The Score |accessdate=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925032703/http://www.thescore.ie/mayo-dublin-all-ireland-football-final-2013-1095215-Sep2013/ |archivedate=25 September 2013 }}</ref> He now{{when|date=August 2020}} manages a youth in team in Clanna Gael Fontenoy.

==Honours==
* [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]: 1994
* [[Connacht Under-21 Football Championship]]: 1991
* All-Ireland Senior B Championship: 1990, 1991, 1992
* [[Leitrim Senior Football Championship]]: 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
* 1 Leitrim Under-21 Football Championship
* 1 Leitrim Senior Football League 
* 3 All Star nominations
* [[Leinster Senior Football Championship]] 2002
* [[Leinster Senior Club Football Championship]] 2003
* 1 [[Dublin Senior Football Championship]] 
* 2 Dublin Senior League 
* ''Irish Press'' Sports Star of the Year 1994
* Selector with Dublin 2013 All-Ireland Champions.

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