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- Dalry was particularly recognised for its dairy products. Dalry takes its name from 'Dail Righe' meaning 'the field of the king'.
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History. Dalry (from Scottish Gaelic: Dail Ruighe, 'the haugh at the slope' [2]) is a small settlement on the Rye Burn. [3] . Its history has signs of early inhabitants in the area; the remains of an ancient fort, made of three concentric round walls, can be found on the summit of Carwinning Hill to the North of Dalry, west of the B784 to Largs.
Dalry takes its name from 'Dail Righe' meaning 'the field of the king'. The Dalry area was originally made up of five main baronies—Kelburne, Blair, Kersland, Lynn and Pitcon. Previously, the area had been gifted to Robert Boyd for his services to Robert the Bruce, and then passed on to the Earls of Glasgow.
The name Dalry comes from the Gaelic Dail Ruighe, meaning 'the haugh at the slope'. [2] . Its history has signs of early inhabitants in the area. The remains of an ancient fort made of three concentric round walls can be found on the summit of Carwinning Hill to the North of Dalry, west of the B784 to Largs.
A passageway at Cleeves Cove, the 'Elf Hame' – so called because Dalry locals believed that this was a site of potent faerie magic – is also associated with the 16th century story of accused witch Bessie Dunlop, who was burned at the stake in 1576.
A small town in the Cunninghame district of North Ayrshire, situated 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Kilmarnock on the River Garnock, Dalry has good facilities including a number of shops, a post office, community centre, library, railway station, two primary schools and four churches...
Oct 14, 2022 · Dalry goes back to the early 14th century as Dalrye, with Dailry also being given in the 15th c. and the Dalry Mills were important waulking and grinding mills from that time, on that same lade as Gorgie Mills known as the Rose Burn.
The small North Ayrshire town of Dalry stands on the west bank of the River Garnock, almost enclosed by a loop of rivers formed by the River Garnock to the east, the Rye Water to the north, and the Caaf Water to the south.
