About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Daly, Dawley
- Variants
- Dála
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
An ancestral name in the Cenél Conaill, eponymous ancestor of the Uí Dálaigh (O'Daly) bardic family who served as hereditary poets across Ireland.
The story behind Dálach
Dálach mac Murchad was an 8th-century chieftain of the Cenél Conaill; the famous Ó Dálaigh family of bardic poets traced their descent from him.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; descriptive name meaning 'assemblyman'.
Did you know?
Source of the surnames Ó Dálaigh and Daly.
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