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, 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

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(1768–1852) antiquary and friend of

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* Hamilton Paul (1773–1854), church minister, poet and writer *Thomas's younger brother, John Thomson of Duddingston

(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, 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, footballer *

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, footballer who plays with Bristol City * Robby McCrorie 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