(O)Daly;
Variant Spellings; Daily, Dawley, Dawly, Dayley, Dealy, Deely.
The O'Dalys are a literary family and they have produced poets and bards as far back as the twelfth century. As the various members of the sept were bards to chieftains scattered throughout the country the O'Daly name is found in many places.
In Irish the name is O Dalaigh meaning descended from Dalagh. The word derives from the Old Irish word Dal or 'assembly'.
The parent sept of the O'Daly is from Co. Westmeath where they were associated with the southern O'Neill. The poet Donogh Mor O'Daly (d.1240) started a branch of the sept in Co. Clare. The O'Dalys were established in Co. Cork and Cavan in a similar fashion. Diarmuid Og O'Daly was the official poet of the MacCarthys in west Cork.
The family was typically Irish, resisting English aggression and suffering greatly in the Cromwellian and Williamite wars. Robert Daly (1783-1872), Protestant Archbishop of Cashel and John Daly (1800-1875) were prominent in the revival of Gaelic culture.
Richard Daly and his son were Mayors of Chicago in the US.
The motto of the Daly coat of arms is 'Deo fidelis et regi'.
Coat of Arms
(O)Daly
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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