Daly (surname)
Encyclopedia
Daly is an Irish
surname
, derived from the Gaelic Ó Dálaigh
,
and may refer to:
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, derived from the Gaelic Ó Dálaigh
Ó Dálaigh
The Ó Dálaigh were a learned Irish bardic family who first came to prominence early in the 12th century, when Cú Connacht Ó Dálaigh was described as "The first Ollamh of poetry in all Ireland" .-Name derivation:The name Ó Dálaigh means 'descendant of Dálach'...
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and may refer to:
Entertainment
- Andrew DalyAndrew DalyAndrew "Andy" Daly is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for playing Principal Terrence Cutler in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down.-Early life:Daly was born in Mount Kisco, New York and raised in New Jersey...
(born 1971), American actor, writer, and comedian - Augustin DalyAugustin DalyJohn Augustin Daly was an American theatrical manager and playwright active in both the US and UK.-Biography:Daly was born in Plymouth, North Carolina and educated at Norfolk, Va...
(1838–1899), American theatrical manager and playwright - Candice DalyCandice DalyCandice Mia Daly was an American film and television actress. In the late 1980s and early 1990s she starred in a number of B-movies and cult films such as After Death and Liquid Dreams . She was at one time was engaged to one of her co-stars Brent Huff....
(1963–2004), American actress - Carson DalyCarson DalyCarson Jones Daly is an American television host. He is the host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, a late-night talk show that began airing on January 7, 2002. Before his role as host of that program, Daly was a VJ on MTV's TRL, and a DJ for the Southern California based radio station KROQ-FM...
, television personality - Eileen DalyEileen DalyEileen Daly is an English actress, film producer, writer, model, poet and singer/songwriter. She is also a well-known contemporary scream queen starring in numerous cult movies.-Early life:...
, English actress and singer - Gary Daly, English songwriter and vocalist
- James Daly (actor) (1918-1978), American actor
- John Charles DalyJohn Charles DalyJohn Charles Patrick Croghan Daly John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly (generally known as John Charles Daly or simply John Daly (February 20, 1914 – February 24, 1991) was an American journalist, game show host and radio personality, probably best known for hosting...
(1914–1991), American journalist game show host and radio personality - Madeleine Daly, American actress
- Mark DalyMark Daly (actor)Mark Daly was a British film actor.Mark Daly was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 August 1887 and died 27 September 1957 in England. He made his first stage appearance in Swansea, Wales in 1906 and his first London engagement at the Shaftesbury Theatre six years later...
, British actor - Mike DalyMike DalyMike Daly is an American producer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist who grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey, United States. Daly attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 1994. Soon after, he joined the band Swales and recorded one album, What's His Name? for Bar/None Records...
, American alt-country and rock and roll singer/songwriter - Peter-Hugo DalyPeter-Hugo DalyPeter-Hugo Daly is an actor and musician. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Daly was a member of new wave band the Cross along with fellow actor Phil Daniels. The band released a single, "Kill Another Night" on RCA Records in 1979...
, actor and drummer - Tess DalyTess DalyHelen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...
(born 1969), English television presenter - Timothy DalyTimothy DalyJames Timothy "Tim" Daly is an American stage, screen and voice actor, director and producer. He is best known for his television role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and for his voice role as Superman/Clark Kent in Superman: The Animated Series, as well as his recurring role of the...
, American theatre, screen and voice actor, director and producer - Tyne DalyTyne DalyTyne Daly is an American stage and screen actress, widely known for her work as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in the television series Cagney & Lacey and as Maxine Gray in the television series Judging Amy. She is also known for her role as Alice Henderson in television series Christy...
, American actress
Sports
- Aidan DalyAidan DalyAidan Craig Daly is a New Zealand basketballer. He is currently playing with the Hawke's Bay Hawks in the NZL NBL and previously played with the Manawatu Jets, Wellington Saints and Christchurch Cougars. He is a 1.85 m tall point guard....
, New Zealand basketball player - Aisling DalyAisling DalyAisling Daly is an Irish female professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's flyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Daly has mostly fought in England and Ireland....
(born 1987), Irish mixed martial arts fighter - Anthony Daly (hurler)Anthony Daly (hurler)Anthony Daly is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Dublin senior hurling team....
, Irish - Bill DalyBill DalyWilliam L. "Bill" Daly is an attorney and the Current Deputy Commissioner and chief legal officer of the NHL under Commissioner Gary Bettman. He is also a Hockey Hall of Fame Board Member and former NHL Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Before joining the NHL front office he worked for the...
, Canadian Deputy Commissioner of hockey - Charles Dudley DalyCharles Dudley DalyCharles Dudley "Charlie" Daly was an American football player and coach, an author, and served in the United States Army during World War I...
, West Point Coach, Founder of AFCA - Chuck DalyChuck DalyCharles Jerome "Chuck" Daly was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball Association Championships in 1989 and 1990, and the Dream Team to the men's basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He had a 14-year NBA coaching...
(1930–2009), American basketball head coach - Derek DalyDerek DalyDerek Daly is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He won the 1977 British Formula Three Championship, and competed as a professional racing driver for 17 years participating in 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on April 2, 1978. He scored a total of 15...
, Irish racing driver - Fred Daly (golfer)Fred Daly (golfer)Frederick Daly was a Northern Irish professional golfer who was best known for winning The Open Championship of 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.Daly was born in Portrush, County Antrim...
(1911–1990), Northern Irish golfer - Gerry DalyGerry DalyGerard Anthony Daly was an Irish football player.Daly started his football career in Drumcondra with the famous schoolboy nursery Stella Maris...
, Irish football player - John Daly (athlete)John Daly (athlete)John Daly was an Irish athlete who won a silver medal in the 1904 Summer Olympics...
, Irish steeplechase athlete - John Daly (golfer)John Daly (golfer)John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour...
, professional golfer - Jon DalyJon DalyJon Daly Jon Daly Jon Daly (born 8 January 1983 in Dublin, Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.-Club career:...
, Irish footballer - Robert DalyRobert Daly (sprinter)Robert Daly is an Irish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Daly won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Gary Ryan, David Gillick and David McCarthy....
, Irish sprinter - Tom DalyTom Daly (catcher)Thomas Daniel Daly was a Canadian Major League Baseball player. He was a catcher for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs , helping the Cubs win the 1918 National League pennant.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Daly played eight seasons in the major leagues, appearing in...
(1891–1946), Canadian baseball player - Wes DalyWes DalyWesley "Wes" Daly is a semi-professional football and former professional player. He is currently unattached to a club.Daly came through the ranks at Queens Park Rangers and went on to turn professional for the Loftus Road-based club, making his first team debut for the club as a teenager in March...
, English football player
Politics and government
- Anthony Daly, Irish agrarian agitator
- Brendan DalyBrendan DalyBrendan Daly , is a former Fianna Fáil Party politician in Ireland. He was a long-serving Teachta Dála for Clare, a government minister, and Senator....
(born 1940), Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician - Chris DalyChris DalyChris Daly is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represented District 6, on which he served from 2000 to 2010...
, American politician, San Francisco, California - Clare DalyClare DalyClare Daly is an Irish Socialist Party politician and trade union activist. She was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North constituency at the 2011 general election. She was previously a Socialist Party councillor for the Swords electoral area on Fingal County Council.-Early life:Daly was...
, Irish socialist politician and trade union activist - Denis Daly (1747–1792), Irish landowner and politician
- Dominick DalyDominick DalySir Dominick Daly was the Governor of Prince Edward Island from 11 July 1854 to 25 May 1859 and later Governor of South Australia from 4 March 1862 until his death on 19 February 1868....
(1798–1868), British Governor of Prince Edward Island, Tobago and South Australia - Edward Daly (executed) (1891–1916), Irish nationalist
- Fred Daly (Australian politician) (1913–1995), Australian Labor Party politician
- James Daly (Irish Land League)James Daly (Irish Land League)"James Daly, a forgotten founder of the irish land league"James Daly was an Irish nationalist activist best known for his work in support of tenant farmers' rights and the formation of the Irish National Land League.-Beginnings:Daly was a conservative Catholic from a...
(1838-1910) Irish nationalist activist - James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and ClanconalJames Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and ClanconalJames Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal was an Irish politician.-Background:Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. The Right Reverend Robert Daly was his younger brother.-Political career:Daly was elected Member of...
(1782–1847), Irish baron and politician - J. Burrwood DalyJ. Burrwood DalyJohn Burrwood Daly was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Burrwood Daly was born in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from La Salle College High School in Philadelphia in 1890 and from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1896. He served as...
(1872–1939), US congressman - John Corry Wilson DalyJohn Corry Wilson DalyLieutenant-Colonel John Corry Wilson Daly was politician, businessperson, militia officer, and the first Mayor of Stratford, Ontario....
(1796–1878), Canadian politician, businessperson and militia officer - John Lawrence DalyJohn Lawrence DalyJohn L. Daly , was an Australian teacher and self-declared "Greenhouse skeptic." He was known for speaking out publicly against what he called the "Global Warming scare," and authored the book The greenhouse trap: Why the greenhouse effect will not end life on earth, published in 1989 by Bantam Books...
(1943–2004), self-declared "Greenhouse skeptic" - Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield DalyLawrence Joseph Sarsfield DalyLawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly , aka Lar "America First" Daly, was a fringe American politician who ran unsuccessfully for a variety of political offices , often campaigning wearing an Uncle Sam suit.Daly was a Republican primary candidate for Governor of Illinois in both 1956 and 1964...
(1912–1979), fringe American politician - Malachy Bowes DalyMalachy Bowes DalySir Malachy Bowes Daly, KCMG was a Canadian politician and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.Born in Quebec City, the son of Sir Dominick Daly, he was called to the bar in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1864...
(1836–1920), Canadian politician - Margaret DalyMargaret DalyMargaret Daly was a British Conservative Party politician who represented Somerset and West Dorset in the European Parliament from 1984 to 1994.Daly was a member of various committees including:* Women's Rights Committees...
, served in the European Parliament - Mark Daly (born 1973), Irish politician
- Teresa DalyTeresa DalyTeresa Daly is an American politician. She is a city councilwoman, and former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives....
, American politician - Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr.Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr.Thomas Mayne Daly was a businessman and political figure in Canada West . He represented the riding of Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Ontario Provincial Parliament....
(1827–1885), Canadian businessman and political figure - Thomas Mayne DalyThomas Mayne DalyThomas Mayne Daly, was a Canadian politician.Born in Stratford, Canada West , the son of Thomas Mayne Daly and Helen McLaren Daly, his father was a member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Perth North.He was educated as a lawyer and was called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1876...
(1852–1911), Canadian politician - Will H. DalyWill H. DalyWill H. Daly was a Portland, Oregon labor leader, progressive politician and businessman. He was the first person to head both the Oregon State Federation of Labor and the Central Labor Council of Portland...
(1869–1924), American labor leader, progressive politician and businessman
Journalism and literature
- Brian DalyBrian DalyBrian Daly is an Irish news journalist currently working for TV3 News. He spent time working as Ireland Correspondent for Sky News in Dublin. He was one of the Sky News Ireland's two anchors for its twice-weeknightly programmes alongside colleague Ray Kennedy, following the departure of previous...
, Irish news journalist - James Daly (journalist)James Daly (journalist)James Daly is a San Francisco Bay Area journalist and owner of 2030 Media, a content-creation firm in Northern California. He is the editor of TED Books, a series of ebooks produced by the TED conference...
, American journalist in San Francisco - John Daly (journalist)John Daly (journalist)John Daly is an American newspaper and television journalist and a business executive who currently works as a news anchor for New England Cable News.-Journalism:...
, American newspaper and television journalist - Maureen DalyMaureen DalyMaureen Daly , was an American author best known for her novelSeventeenth Summer , one of the first to target a teenage audience....
(1921–2006), American novelist - Wally K. DalyWally K. DalyWally K. Daly is an English writer for television and radio and one time chairman of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.-Credits:...
, English writer for television and radio
Academics and science
- Herman DalyHerman DalyHerman Daly is an American ecological economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park in the United States....
, ecological economist and professor - Marie Maynard DalyMarie Maynard DalyMarie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist. She was the first African American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry .-Early life:...
, first black female in the US to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry - Martin DalyMartin DalyMartin Daly is a Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and author of many influential papers on evolutionary psychology. Current research topics include an evolutionary perspective on risk-taking and interpersonal violence, especially male-male conflict and...
, Canadian psychology professor - Reginald Aldworth DalyReginald Aldworth Daly-External links:* Daly′s Biography, American Geophysical Union* GSA Today, vol. 16, no. 2, 2006* National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 36 pp., 1960...
(1871–1957), Canadian geologist - Richard Daly, known for the Daly detector, a type of mass spectrometry detector
Religion
- Cahal Daly (1917-2009), Irish Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh
- Edward Daly (bishop)Edward Daly (bishop)Edward Daly , D.D., was the Catholic Lord Bishop of Derry from 1974 to 1993.- Early life & priestly ministry :...
, Irish religious leader - Mary DalyMary DalyMary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at Boston College, a Jesuit-run institution, for 33 years. Daly retired in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male...
, radical feminist and theologian
Other
- Bernard DalyBernard DalyBernard Daly was an American country doctor, businessman, banker, rancher, state representative, state senator, county judge, and regent of Oregon State Agricultural College . He also ran for United States Congress, and was his party’s candidate for the United States Senate...
(1858-1920), Pioneer doctor and Oregon politician - Daniel DalyDaniel DalySergeant Major Daniel Joseph "Dan" Daly was a United States Marine and one of only nineteen men to have received the Medal of Honor twice...
(1873–1937), US Marine, Double Medal of Honor recipient - John Daly (outlaw)John Daly (outlaw)John Daly was an American Old West outlaw and leader of the "Daly Gang". Daly and his gang were known for terrorizing townspeople with the violent treatment of those who resisted their thievery. A citizen posse would catch and hang Daly near Aurora, Nevada after a brutal murder.-Outlaw life,...
(1839–1864), American western outlaw - John Donald DalyJohn Donald DalyJohn Donald Daly was a California businessman and landowner from Boston, Massachusetts. The city of Daly City, California was named after him when it incorporated in 1911.-External links:* * of *...
(1840–1923), California businessman and landowner - Marcus DalyMarcus DalyMarcus Daly redirects here, see also Marcus Daly Marcus Daly was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three "Copper Kings" of Butte, Montana, United States.- Early life:...
(1841–1900), Irish-born American copper-mining businessman - Paddy DalyPaddy DalyPaddy Daly sometimes referred to as Paddy O'Daly, served in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and subsequently held the rank of Major-General in the Irish National Army in the period 1922 to 1924.-Easter Rising:...
, soldier in the Irish Republican Army - Seamus DalySeamus DalySeamus Daly is an Irish republican from Kilmurray, Castleblayney, County Monaghan. He pleaded guilty to being a member of the Real Irish Republican Army in 2004, and was sentenced to three and half years in prison...
, Irish Republican - Thomas Aquinas DalyThomas Aquinas DalyThomas Aquinas Daly is an American contemporary landscape and still life painter.Educated as a graphic artist at the University of Buffalo, Daly spent 23 years working in the commercial printing business before leaving it in 1981 to devote his full attention to painting...
, American contemporary landscape and still-life painter - Virginia DalyVirginia DalyVirginia Daly, an American cat breeder from Berkley, Michigan, was the breeder, in 1964, of the original Ocicat....
, American cat breeder