Dailly
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Dailly view with Hadyard Hill in the background |
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Council area | South Ayrshire |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Scottish |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
UK Parliament | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
Scottish Parliament | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
Coordinates: 55°16′N 4°43′W / 55.27°N 04.72°WDailly (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Mhaol Chiarain)[1] is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Maybole, and 3.1 miles (5.0 km) east of Old Dailly. "New Dailly", as it was originally known, was laid out in the 1760s as a coal-mining village. In 1849 a fire broke out in Maxwell Colliery, one of the nearby mines, and continued to burn for 50 years.
Notable people
- Hew Ainslie (1792–1878), poet
- Anne Hepburn, missionary was born here in 1925[2]
- Tommy Lawrence, footballer
References
- ↑ "An Stòr-dàta Briathrachais" (in Scottish Gaelic). Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ↑ Thanksgiving Service for the life of Anne Hepburn [Order of Service]. Motherhood of God Papers, New College Library. (Mrs Hepburn's papers relating to the Motherhood of God Controversy were donated to New College Library in 2016).
- "Dailly (New Dailly)". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
External links
Media related to Dailly at Wikimedia Commons
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