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The form O’Dalaighe has been anglicized O’Daley, O’Daly, Daly, Daley, Daily, Dailey, Dayly, etc. The ancestor of the O’Dalys of Meath, Ulster and Connaught was Adam, brother of Fargal, monarch of Ireland. Fargal was killed in battle, A. D. 718. (See Annals of the Four Masters, O’Hart’s Irish Pedigrees, and similar authoritative works.)