Waratah, NSW; Ballarat, Vic

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 127:

D'Arcy, James, CSSR, Irish
Near Approach to Sainthood
This young man, who left the earthly shore at the age of 29, lived constantly in the shadow of the Cross and of suffering. Which may account for his prayerful mien and preparedness for death. All this is related in the biographies of Redemptorists prepared by the late missionary of fame, Fr. William Packer CSSR. James was born in Ballordin, County Meath, on 22 September 1864. He was educated at the National School, Tuam and intending to join the secular priesthood entered Navan Seminary. Thoughts turned to becoming a Redemptorist and so he transferred to the House of Studies at Bishop Eton, Liverpool. Profession was made on 8 December 1884, but his Superiors were reluctant to recommend for Ordination on account of a T.B. condition. Hence in 1888 he was sent to the Waratah House in the Maitland Diocese to see if a health improvement was feasible. There must have been some improvement for Bishop James Murray, a great friend of the Order, decided to lay his hands on the pious youth on 20 December 1890. Three and a half years of priestly activity were to be the Divine allowance. He gave at least one mission in Queensland, and possibly a few while stationed in Ballarat where the T.B. condition worsened. Even the dry air of Sandgate and Brisbane could not defer the end, and after months of illness endured patiently and cheerfully he died at the Sandgate House on 18 April 1894. His remains lie in the Sandgate Cemetery.
(Footprints, Vol. 3, No. 6)
Information: The late Fr. William Packer CSSR and Annals held at the Wendouree Monastery, Ballarat.