Early Life
D'Arcy began DJing in 1979. He was born in Kildare in 1964, and was always interested in music and broadcasting, and DJ'ed his first disco at the age of 15. He is from a working-class family of nine, with one earner, a male non-commissioned officer. His grandmother died at the age of 54 from lung cancer when he was 11.
D'Arcy attended Trinity College Dublin for a degree in psychology. He graduated in 1985. He began a career at RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and in 1988 moved to RTÉ television, with a presenter spot on Jo Maxi. He worked in RTÉ for 13 years.
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