Dailly () is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, south of Maybole, and 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. In Dailly there are two castles which the locals call the new castle and the old castle; they are both derelict.

Notable people

• Thomas Thomson FRSE (1768–1852) antiquary and friend of Walter Scott

• Hamilton Paul (1773–1854), church minister, poet and writer

• Thomas's younger brother, John Thomson of Duddingston FRSE (1778 – 1840) minister at Dailly 1800-1805 and artist

• Hew Ainslie (1792–1878), poet

• Anne Hepburn, missionary was born here in 1925

• Tommy Lawrence, footballer

• Ross McCrorie, footballer who plays with Bristol City

• Robby McCrorie footballer who plays with Rangers

• Allan Dorans Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

References

External links

• Video of the Mermaids of Carrick on old gravestones