Dailly () is a village in

South Ayrshire South Ayrshire (; , ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire had an estimated population in 2021 of 112,45 ...

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. It is located on the

Water of Girvan The Water of Girvan (or River Girvan) () is a river in South Ayrshire, which has its source at Loch Girvan Eye in the Carrick Forest section of Galloway Forest Park. This river passes through the villages of Straiton, Crosshill and Dailly en ...

, south of

Maybole Maybole (, ) is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is ...

, and east of

Old Dailly Old Dailly is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located west of Dailly (or "New Dailly"). The Charter or Blue stones of Old Dailly in Ayrshire are located in the cemetery of Old Dailly church.Love, Dane (2009). ''Legendary Ayrshire. C ...

. "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 Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". ...

(1768–1852) antiquary and friend of

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European literature, European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'' (18 ...

Hamilton Paul Hamilton Paul (10 April 1773 – 28 February 1854) was a Scottish church minister, and a writer, poet and humourist. In 1819 he edited the works of Robert Burns. Life Paul was born on 10 April 1773 in the parish of Dailly, Ayrshire. He attended th ...

(1773–1854), church minister, poet and writer *Thomas's younger brother,

John Thomson of Duddingston Rev John Thomson FRSE HonRoyal Scottish Academy, RSA (1 September 177828 October 1840) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland and noted amateur landscape painter. He was the Minister of the Church of Scotland, minister of Duddingsto ...

(1778 – 1840) minister at Dailly 1800-1805 and artist *

Hew Ainslie Hew Ainslie (5 April 1792 – 11 March 1878) was a Scottish poet. He was born in the parish of Dailly, in Ayrshire to George Ainslie and a mother whose name is unknown. After a fair education, he became a clerk in Glasgow, a landscape gardener i ...

(1792–1878), poet *

Anne Hepburn Anne Hepburn (20 August 1925 – 29 July 2016) was a Church of Scotland missionary and a teacher, feminist and social justice advocate. She served as National President of the Church of Scotland's Women's Guild in the early 1980s, where she led t ...

, missionary was born here in 1925Thanksgiving Service for the life of Anne Hepburn rder 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). *

Tommy Lawrence Thomas Johnstone Lawrence (14 May 1940 – 10 January 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers from the 1950s to the 1970s. Lawrence was with Liverpool for 14 years, making more t ...

, footballer *

Ross McCrorie Ross McCrorie (born 18 March 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right-back, right wing-back, or defensive midfielder for club Bristol City and the Scotland national team. McCrorie has previously played for Rangers, ...

, footballer who plays with Bristol City *

Robby McCrorie Robby McCrorie (born 18 March 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Kilmarnock. McCrorie previously had loan spells with Berwick Rangers, Greenock Morton, Queen of the South and Livingston. Club caree ...

footballer who plays with

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Allan Dorans Allan Hopkins Dorans (born 30 July 1955) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock from 2019 until his eventual electoral defeat at the 2024 general election. Doran ...

Member of Parliament for

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References

External links

Video of the Mermaids of Carrick on old gravestones
Villages in Carrick, Scotland Parishes in Ayrshire {{SouthAyrshire-geo-stub