DAILEY:
Though found in considerable numbers in all English Speaking countries, Dailey or Daly is generally considered to be an Irish surname. It is an angelicized form of the Gaelic name O'Dalaigh, which itself derivied from the Irish word "Dail" meaning an "assembly". In fact the Irish Parliament is called Dail Eireann. The name belonged to a sept whose homeland was originally located in County Westmeath, from whence branches spread to Clare, Cork, and Galway. The history of the O'Dalaigh sept can be traced back as far as the twelfh century when its long and continuious record of literary achievement began with no less than thirty O'Daly's recorded as distinguished writers between 1139 and 1680. The first of these was Coronnacht O Dalagh who presided over a bardic school in County Meath, close to the sept's homeland in the barony of Magheradernon.
Many Daileys went on to be hereditary bards to the most powerful Irish families, such as the McCarthy's, O'Mahoney's, and Carews. The Dalys suffered greatly during the Cromwellian and Williamite regimes because of their support of the Irish and Stuart causes. A Wiliam Daly, aged thirty, sailed from Newry to New York on the Hopewell in 1803. In some instances, the surname Daley when found in England may be of Norman origin, being delivered from the place name Quilly which with the prefix "de" meaning "of or from", becomes "D'Quilly", from whence in some instances came the English Daly. One of the most notable bearers of this name in recent times was Cearbhall O' Dalaigh, former Supreme Court Judge and President of Ireland.
BLAZON OF ARMS: Per fesse argent and or, a lion per fesse sable and gules, in cheif two dexter hands couped at the wrist of the last.
TRANSLATION: The lion, in heraldy, is a symbol of Majesty and Kingship. The hands are a pledge of Faith.
CREST: In front of an oak tree proper, fructed or, a greyhound courant sable.
MOTTO: Dea fidelis et regis
TRANSLATION: Faithful to God and the King
ORIGIN: Ireland
Authenticated 04.24.2001
SOURCE: Historical Research Center
Though found in considerable numbers in all English Speaking countries, Dailey or Daly is generally considered to be an Irish surname. It is an angelicized form of the Gaelic name O'Dalaigh, which itself derivied from the Irish word "Dail" meaning an "assembly". In fact the Irish Parliament is called Dail Eireann. The name belonged to a sept whose homeland was originally located in County Westmeath, from whence branches spread to Clare, Cork, and Galway. The history of the O'Dalaigh sept can be traced back as far as the twelfh century when its long and continuious record of literary achievement began with no less than thirty O'Daly's recorded as distinguished writers between 1139 and 1680. The first of these was Coronnacht O Dalagh who presided over a bardic school in County Meath, close to the sept's homeland in the barony of Magheradernon.
Many Daileys went on to be hereditary bards to the most powerful Irish families, such as the McCarthy's, O'Mahoney's, and Carews. The Dalys suffered greatly during the Cromwellian and Williamite regimes because of their support of the Irish and Stuart causes. A Wiliam Daly, aged thirty, sailed from Newry to New York on the Hopewell in 1803. In some instances, the surname Daley when found in England may be of Norman origin, being delivered from the place name Quilly which with the prefix "de" meaning "of or from", becomes "D'Quilly", from whence in some instances came the English Daly. One of the most notable bearers of this name in recent times was Cearbhall O' Dalaigh, former Supreme Court Judge and President of Ireland.
BLAZON OF ARMS: Per fesse argent and or, a lion per fesse sable and gules, in cheif two dexter hands couped at the wrist of the last.
TRANSLATION: The lion, in heraldy, is a symbol of Majesty and Kingship. The hands are a pledge of Faith.
CREST: In front of an oak tree proper, fructed or, a greyhound courant sable.
MOTTO: Dea fidelis et regis
TRANSLATION: Faithful to God and the King
ORIGIN: Ireland
Authenticated 04.24.2001
SOURCE: Historical Research Center
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