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Hi Marianne - distant cousin. I am Geoffrey Darling and also am descended from Frederick  -my grandfather Fred Darling's grandfather. I can tell you lots and am trying to get it altogether for a visit to Ireland for the 200th anniversary of St Mark's Newtownards  - where I have been before  (2011)
and saw the Cassidy window
I am attaching a lot of stuff, including the start of my yarn about my great-grandmother Alice  -  -
I would love to find out if their migration to NZ was part of the Vogel immigration scheme to redress the balance of men and women in the new colony.
I had to put this in .txt which is the format this site handles  - hope you can convert it
Hello Geoffrey, here I am back on rootschat and I decided to find myself on Facebook and realised that I am listed as being in London which was true at the time but not now . My picture is a rather warped picture which my son took (haha) so you should be able to find me .just make sure you look for Isaacs rather than Isaac

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Hello Geoffrey . How amazing to be there for the 200 th anniversary and be doing your reading . That's very special. I would love to see some portraits of these people but I guess if any were ever painted they have long been lost . I do have a photo of Annie Cassidy who was Frederick and Martha's oldest child and my great great grandmother . Francis Cassidy was Marks younger brother but didn't seem to measure up . He seems to have been a rather troubled person because he ended up in London destitute after coming out of the army .He tried to set up school but there was too much competition and it failed . After requests from a friend to Mark , Mark got him a clerical job with the Marquis of Londonderry . He died in London before his children emigrated to Australia . I don't think he and Mark got on at all . Probably another black sheep!

I suspect that they would have paid as they were protestant I believe . No wonder there was so much ill feeling . Really 

Hello People . Yes its definitely Fancy Anne . It is listed in The Peerage as the residence of a Cassidy/ Cassidi in the 18th century . I wonder if it isnt a house . It seems such a whimsical name !!

Thank you Svenja I will investigate further .